Siege of Heraclea
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Siege of Heraclea
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The siege of Heraclea was a military investment of the city of Heraclea Pontica during the Third Mithridatic War. The siege was conducted by the Roman proconsul Marcus Aurelius Cotta and the legate Gaius Valerius Triarius. They were besieging the adherents of Mithridates of Pontus, who held the city for the Pontic king. Heraclea was located on the strategically important northern land route into the kingdom of Pontus and had been taken and garrisoned by Mithridates on his retreat from the Siege
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71 BCE siege
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Heraclea
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2020-04-27T15:35:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T19:57:33Z
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