Kings and Generals

Battles of Cyzicus (73 BC) and Tigranocerta (69 BC) - Mithridatic Wars (2018x20)

Air date: Apr 29, 2018

Previously we covered the First Mithridatic War (89–85 BC) between the Roman Republic led by Sulla and the Pontic Kingdom ruled by Mithridates VI and the battles of Chaeronea and Orchomenus. In this new video, we will describe the Second Mithridatic War (83–81 BC) during which the Romans were commanded by Lucius Licinius Murena that culminated in the battle of Halys river and the Third Mithridatic War (73–63 BC). In this conflict Roman legions fought under Lucius Licinius Lucullus and he fought against the united forces of Pontus and Armenia. Lucullus had to battle Mithridates at Cyzicas and Tigranes II at Tigranocerta. The great Roman general Pompey (Gnaeus Pompeius) also took part in the later stage of the conflict.