War between King Mithridates IV of Pontus and the Roman Republic
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Third Mithridatic War
Part of the Mithridatic Wars
Coin of King Mithridates VI of Pontus
Date
73–63 BC
Location
Asia Minor
Result
Roman victory
Territorial changes
Pontus and Syria become Roman provinces Judea becomes a client state of Rome Armenia becomes an ally of Rome
Belligerents
Roman Republic Bithynia Galatia Cyzicus
Kingdom of Pontus Kingdom of Armenia Kingdom of Iberia Caucasian Albania Sarmatians
Commanders and leaders
Lucullus Marcus Aurelius Cotta Pompey
Mithridates VI of Pontus Tigranes II of Armenia Oroeses of Albania Artoces of Iberia Marcus Marius/Varius
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The Third Mithridatic War (73–63 BC), the last and longest of the three Mithridatic Wars, was fought between Mithridates VI of Pontus and the Roman Republic. Both sides were joined by a great number of allies, dragging the entire east of the Mediterranean and large parts of Asia (Asia Minor, Greater Armenia, Northern Mesopotamia and the Levant) into the war. The conflict ended in defeat for Mithridates; it ended the Pontic Kingdom and the Seleucid Empire (by then a rump state), and also resulted in the Kingdom of Armenia becoming an allied client state of Rome.
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