User blog comment:Zippertrain85/"Why the Empire Should Prevail Over the Stormcloaks! Part 3 (Economics)" Refuted/@comment-72.12.193.150-20140103035941/@comment-1600847-20140105193111

But if the Thalmor were completely defeated, then it wouldn't by a Pyrric victory. Why is it called a Pyrric victory? Because while King Pyrrhus won the battle, he had virtually no more men left to face the next Roman army. So if the Thalmor lost all their armies, then it's just a normal victory. Sure Cyrodiil was devasted, but that's the same in almost every war in history. Now if the Thalmor did have forces left with which to continue the war I'd agree that it was a Pyrric victory, but we don't know if they did.