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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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