Siege of Cyzicus

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The Siege of Cyzicus was a pivotal 73–72 BC engagement in which Roman forces under Lucullus trapped and devastated King Mithridates VI’s army in Asia Minor, turning the tide of the Third Mithridatic War.

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Siege of Cyzicus canonical 2
siege of Cyzicus by Mithridates VI 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
siege ⓘ
commandedByOnPonticSide Mithridates VI Eupator ⓘ
commandedByOnRomanSide Lucius Licinius Lucullus ⓘ
conflictIn Third Mithridatic War ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Cabira ⓘ
Roman advance into Pontic territories ⓘ
hasBelligerent Bithynia ⓘ
Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
hasCasusBelli renewed conflict between Rome and Mithridates VI ⓘ
hasCommander Lucius Licinius Lucullus ⓘ
Mithridates VI of Pontus ⓘ
hasCountry Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
hasEffect heavy losses for Pontic forces ⓘ
retreat of Mithridates VI from Asia Minor ⓘ
turning point in the Third Mithridatic War ⓘ
hasEndTime 72 BC ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance secured Roman dominance in western Asia Minor ⓘ
weakened Mithridates VI’s capacity for large-scale offensive operations ⓘ
hasLocation Asia Minor ⓘ
Cyzicus ⓘ
Mysia ⓘ
hasOutcome Roman strategic initiative in Asia Minor ⓘ
decisive defeat of Mithridates VI’s field army ⓘ
hasPart land blockade of Mithridates’ army ⓘ
naval operations in the Propontis ⓘ
hasParticipant Pontic army of Mithridates VI ⓘ
Roman legions under Lucullus ⓘ
citizens of Cyzicus ⓘ
hasResult Roman victory ⓘ
hasSiegeType land siege ⓘ
naval blockade ⓘ
hasStartTime 73 BC ⓘ
hasStrategicObjective Mithridates’ attempt to capture Cyzicus ⓘ
Roman aim to destroy Mithridates’ main army ⓘ
hasTactic encirclement of besieging forces ⓘ
logistical blockade ⓘ
use of Roman naval superiority ⓘ
hasTheatre Anatolia ⓘ
isDescribedAs pivotal engagement of 73–72 BC ⓘ
isPartOf Roman–Pontic conflicts ⓘ
late Roman Republic military history ⓘ
precededBy early campaigns of the Third Mithridatic War ⓘ
tookPlaceNear Hellespont ⓘ
linked to: Dardanelles

Sea of Marmara ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Third Mithridatic War → notableBattle → Siege of Cyzicus ⓘ
Siege of Amisus → relatedEvent → Siege of Cyzicus ⓘ
Battle of Cyzicus → siegeContext → siege of Cyzicus by Mithridates VI ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Cyzicus