Sulla’s campaigns in the First Mithridatic War

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Sulla’s campaigns in the First Mithridatic War were a series of Roman military operations led by Lucius Cornelius Sulla against King Mithridates VI of Pontus in the early 1st century BCE, which elevated Sulla’s power and set the stage for his later civil war in Rome.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman military operation ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
authorisedBy Roman Senate ⓘ
chronologicallyOverlaps political conflict between populares and optimates in Rome ⓘ
commandedBy Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix ⓘ
concludesWith Treaty of Dardanus ⓘ
conflictIn First Mithridatic War ⓘ
documentedBy Appian’s Mithridatic Wars ⓘ
linked to: Appian's Civil Wars

Memnon of Heraclea (fragments) ⓘ
linked to: Memnon of Heraclea

Plutarch’s Life of Sulla ⓘ
linked to: Life of Sulla
endTime 85 BCE ⓘ
followedBy Sulla’s Second March on Rome ⓘ
Sulla’s civil war ⓘ
hasApproximateForceSize 5 legions (approximate) ⓘ
hasBelligerent Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
hasCasusBelli Mithridatic massacre of Romans and Italians in Asia (Asiatic Vespers) ⓘ
hasCommander Lucius Cornelius Sulla ⓘ
hasConsequence foundation for Sulla’s later dictatorship ⓘ
imposition of heavy indemnities on Greek cities ⓘ
strengthening of Sulla’s army loyalty ⓘ
temporary restoration of Roman authority in Asia Minor ⓘ
hasObjective defeat Mithridates VI of Pontus ⓘ
restore Roman control in Greece and Asia Minor ⓘ
hasOpponentCommander Mithridates VI of Pontus ⓘ
hasOpposingGeneral Archelaus of Pontus ⓘ
Taxiles (Pontic general) ⓘ
hasOutcome Roman victory ⓘ
peace settlement favorable to Sulla ⓘ
hasTheater Aegean region ⓘ
linked to: Aegean Sea region

Asia Minor ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
includesBattle Battle of Chaeronea (86 BCE) ⓘ
Battle of Orchomenus (86 BCE) ⓘ
Siege of Athens ⓘ
includesEvent siege and sack of Piraeus ⓘ
locationOfKeyBattle Chaeronea in Boeotia ⓘ
linked to: Chaeronea

Orchomenus in Boeotia ⓘ
linked to: Orchomenus
locationOfKeySiege Athens ⓘ
partOf Roman–Pontic conflicts ⓘ
precededBy Sulla’s first march on Rome in 88 BCE ⓘ
relatedTo Sulla’s first march on Rome ⓘ
resultsIn enhancement of Sulla’s political power ⓘ
recognition of Sulla as principal Roman commander in the East ⓘ
startTime 87 BCE ⓘ
usesForcesType Roman legions ⓘ

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Sulla’s Second Civil War → hasPrecedingEvent → Sulla’s campaigns in the First Mithridatic War ⓘ