Siege of Cyzicus

Battle of Cyzicus
Part of Third Mithridatic War

Ruins of Cyzicus
Date73 BC
Location
Result Roman victory
Belligerents
The Roman Republic and their ally the city of Cyzicus The Kingdom of Pontus
Commanders and leaders
Lucius Licinius Lucullus Mithridates VI of Pontus
Strength

Appian: 30,000 infantry and 1,600 cavalry[1]


Plutarch: 30,000 infantry and 2,500 cavalry[2]
300,000[3] probably including camp followers
Casualties and losses
Very low Very high

The siege of Cyzicus took place in 73 BC between the armies of Mithridates VI of Pontus and the Roman-allied citizens of Cyzicus in Mysia and Roman Republican forces under Lucius Licinius Lucullus. It was in fact a siege and a counter-siege. It ended in a decisive Roman victory.[4]

  1. ^ Appian, Mithridatica, XI.72.
  2. ^ Plutarch, Life of Lucullus, 8.
  3. ^ Plutarch, Life of Lucullus, 8.
  4. ^ Appian, Mithridatica, 74; Plutarch, Life of Lucullus, 9-12.