Battle of the Rhyndacus (73 BC)
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Battle of the Rhyndacus (73 BC)
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The Battle of the Rhyndacus occurred in 73 BC between a Roman Republican force under the command of the proconsul Lucius Licinius Lucullus and a division of the army of Mithridates VI of Pontus as part of the Third Mithridatic War. The Romans were victorious. Lucullus, based in Cilicia, had foregone his planned invasion of Pontus from the south to come north and rescue his colleague, proconsul Marcus Aurelius Cotta, whom Mithridates had besieged at Cyzicus on the Sea of Marmara. Lucullus's army
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Battle of the Third Mithridatic War
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Rhyndacus_(73_BC)
date created:
2011-09-03T17:18:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T19:57:53Z
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