Battle of Cyzicus (74 BC)
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| Battle of Cyzicus | |||||||
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| Part of Third Mithridatic War | |||||||
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| Roman Republic | Pontus | ||||||
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| Lucullus | Mithridates VI of Pontus | ||||||
| Mithridatic Wars |
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| First – Second – Third |
| Third Mithridatic War |
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| Cyzicus – Cabira – Tigranocerta – Artaxata – Lycus |
The Battle of Cyzicus was fought in 74 BC between Roman Republic forces and the armies of Mithridates VI of Pontus near Cyzicus, Asia Minor. Mithridates had besieged the Roman controlled town of Cyzicus. Consul Lucius Licinius Lucullus arrived with a Roman army and lifted the siege.
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