Battle of Cyzicus

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ancient battle battle

The Battle of Cyzicus was a decisive 73 BC engagement in which Roman forces under Lucius Lucullus crushed King Mithridates VI’s army and fleet near the city of Cyzicus, turning the tide of the Third Mithridatic War in Rome’s favor.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Cyzicus canonical	3
Battle of Kyzikos	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
associatedWith	Lucius Licinius Lucullus NERFINISHED ⓘ Mithridates VI of Pontus NERFINISHED ⓘ city of Cyzicus NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Kingdom of Pontus NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaignOf	Lucullus’s campaign in Asia Minor ⓘ
cause	Roman–Pontic rivalry in the Third Mithridatic War ⓘ
combatant	Pontus NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Lucius Licinius Lucullus NERFINISHED ⓘ Mithridates VI of Pontus NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Third Mithridatic War NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	73 BC ⓘ
era	Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Roman advances in Asia Minor ⓘ
geopoliticalSignificance	secured Roman dominance in western Asia Minor ⓘ
historicalPeriod	1st century BC ⓘ
involvedForce	Pontic army ⓘ Pontic fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman army ⓘ Roman fleet ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Turkey ⓘ
location	Asia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyzicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Propontis NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryTacticUsedByRomans	blockade of enemy supply routes ⓘ use of superior logistics against a larger army ⓘ
notableFor	encirclement and starvation of Mithridates VI’s forces ⓘ use of Roman naval forces to cut enemy supply lines ⓘ
opponentOf	Lucius Licinius Lucullus NERFINISHED ⓘ Mithridates VI of Pontus NERFINISHED ⓘ
outcome	decisive Roman victory ⓘ
partOf	Third Mithridatic War NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	early campaigns of the Third Mithridatic War ⓘ
primaryAdversaryOfRome	Mithridates VI of Pontus GENERATED ⓘ
result	Roman victory ⓘ
siegeContext	siege of Cyzicus by Mithridates VI NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicEffect	crippled the Pontic fleet ⓘ destroyed much of Mithridates VI’s field army ⓘ turned the tide of the Third Mithridatic War in favor of Rome ⓘ
theater	Asia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	land battle ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
year	73 BC ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Third Mithridatic War → notableBattle → Battle of Cyzicus ⓘ

Lucius Licinius Lucullus → battle → Battle of Cyzicus ⓘ

Battle of Kyzikos (c. 677) → hasName → Battle of Cyzicus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Kyzikos

Ionian War → hasPart → Battle of Cyzicus ⓘ