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- The Mithridatic Wars resulted from Mithridates consolidating his neighboring kingdoms into his realm which was opposed by Rome. Mithridates incorporated the Kingdom of Cappadocia by marrying his sister to its king before killing him and installing his young nephew, Ariarathes the IX, on the throne as a puppet ruler.
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The First Mithridatic War (89–85 BC) was a war challenging the Roman Republic 's expanding empire and rule over the Greek world. In this conflict, the Kingdom of Pontus and many Greek cities rebelling against Roman rule were led by Mithridates VI of Pontus against Rome and the allied Kingdom of Bithynia.
- 89-85 BC
- Treaty of Dardanos
- Asia Minor, Achaea, Greece and the Aegean Sea
- Status quo ante bellum
The First Mithridatic War (89–85 BCE) resulted from Mithridates sending an army into the Roman ally of Cappadocia to remove its senate-supported king. Rome was busy with the Social War and was slow to direct forces eastward to stop Mithridates.
- 88-63 BC
- Roman victory
- Eastern Mediterranean
Dec 19, 2023 · The Mithridatic Wars pitched the Roman Republic against the Kingdom of Pontus in the early decades of the 1st century BCE. At stake was Rome’s control of the eastern provinces and their fabulous wealth, and the Pontic King Mithridates was to prove a consistently canny foe…
The First Mithridatic War resulted in a Roman victory, but it was far from a decisive one. Sulla allowed Mithridates to remain in control of Pontus although the king had to relinquish Asia Minor and agree to the borders between Rome and Pontus that existed before the first conflict.
Most of its kings bore the name of Mithridates; and the fifth monarch of this name formed an alliance with the Romans, and was rewarded with the province of Phrygia for the services he had rendered them in the war against Aristonicus.
May 26, 2023 · The First Mithridatic War (89-85 BC) began when Mithridates VI took advantage of the political instability in the Roman Republic, specifically the Social War, to launch a campaign against Roman interests in Asia Minor (present-day Turkey).
Mithridates won a decisive victory, scattering the Roman-led forces. His victorious forces were welcomed throughout Anatolia. The following year, 88 BC, Mithridates orchestrated a massacre of Roman and Italian settlers remaining in several major Anatolian cities, including Pergamon and Tralles, essentially wiping out the Roman presence in the ...
