Battle of Cyzicus (74 BC)

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Battle of Cyzicus
Part of Third Mithridatic War
Date 74 BC Location Cyzicus (modern Turkey) Result Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Pontus
Commanders
Lucullus	Mithridates VI of Pontus

v • d • e Mithridatic Wars First – Second – Third

v • d • e Third Mithridatic War 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.