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{{Short description|Conflicts between Rome and Pontus (88–63 BC)}} {{primary sources |date=March 2024}} {{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Mithridatic Wars | partof = the [[Roman–Greek wars]] | image = PonticKingdom.png | image_size = 300px | caption = Map of the Kingdom of Pontus | date = 88–63 BC | place = [[Eastern Mediterranean]] | territory = * Pontus and Syria become Roman provinces * Judea becomes a [[client state]] of Rome | result = Roman victory | combatant1 = [[Roman Republic]] amid [[Sulla's civil war|civil war]] | combatant2 = [[Kingdom of Pontus]] and momentary allies | commander1 = {{plainlist| * '''[[Sulla]]''' * '''[[Lucullus]]''' * '''[[Pompey|Pompeius]]''' *[[Manius Aquillius (consul 101 BC)|Manius Aquillius]]{{KIA}} * [[Lucius Licinius Murena (praetor 88 BC)|Lucius Licinius Murena]] * [[Marcus Aurelius Cotta]] * [[Gaius Flavius Fimbria (cavalry prefect)|Gaius Flavius Fimbria]]{{Executed}} * [[Nicomedes IV of Bithynia|Nicomedes IV]] }} | commander2 = {{plainlist| * '''[[Mithridates VI Eupator|Mithridates]]''' * [[Tigranes the Great]] * [[Artoces of Iberia]] * Oroeses of Albania * [[Archelaus (Pontic army officer)|Archelaus]] * [[Neoptolemus (Pontic army officer)|Neoptolemus]] * [[Arcathius]] * [[Dorylaeus]] * [[Aristion]] * [[Marcus Marius (quaestor 76 BC)|Marcus Marius]] }} | campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Mithridatic Wars}} }} [[File:Bellum mithridaticum 87-86aC.png|thumb|Mithridatic Wars 87–86 BC.]] The '''Mithridatic Wars''' were three conflicts fought by the [[Roman Republic]] against the [[Kingdom of Pontus]] and its allies between 88 and 63 BC. They are named after [[Mithridates VI]], the [[King of Pontus]] during the course of the wars, who initiated the hostilities with Rome. Mithridates led the Pontic forces in every war. The Romans were led by various generals and consuls throughout the wars, namely [[Sulla|Lucius Cornelius Sulla]], [[Lucullus|Lucius Licinius Lucullus]], and [[Pompey|Gnaeus Pompey Magnus]]. The wars began over Pontus and Rome backing differing kings of [[Kingdom of Cappadocia|Cappadocia]] and [[Bithynia]]. The conflicts ended with the death of Mithridates in 63 BC and the annexation of Pontus and Syria by the Roman Republic. The [[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|Kingdom of Armenia]] and the [[Bosporan Kingdom]] ruled by Mithridates's son, [[Pharnaces II of Pontus|Pharnaces II]] became allied client states of Rome after the conclusion of the wars.
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