Battle of the Lycus

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Battle of the Lycus
Part of Third Mithridatic War
Date 66 BC
Location Lycus River, Ionia (modern Turkey)
Result Roman victory
Combatants
Roman Republic Pontus
Commanders
Pompey Mithridates VI
Mithridatic Wars
First – Second – Third
Third Mithridatic War
Cyzicus – Cabira – Tigranocerta – Artaxata – Lycus

The Battle of the Lycus was fought in 66 BC between the Roman Republic army of Pompey and the forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus. Pompey easily won the battle, and Mithridates later committed suicide, ending the Third Mithridatic War.


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