First Mithridatic War

First Mithridatic War
	Part of the Mithridatic Wars
	; The Near East in 89 BC
Date	89–85 BC
Location	Asia Minor, Achaea, Greece and the Aegean Sea
Result	Roman victory
Territorial; changes	Treaty of Dardanos
Belligerents
Roman Republic; Kingdom of Bithynia;	Kingdom of Pontus; Greek rebels;
Commanders and leaders
Lucius Cornelius Sulla; Gaius Flavius Fimbria ; Lucius Licinius Lucullus; Nicomedes IV of Bithynia; Manius Aquilius †; Lucius Licinius Murena;	Mithridates VI of Pontus; Tigranes II of Armenia; Archelaus; Neoptolemus; Arcathius; Dorylaeus; Aristion †;
Strength
120,000 legionaries; 5,000 Greek infantry; 2,000 cavalry;	310,000 infantry; 20,000 Asian skirmishers; 15,000 Macedonian phalanxes; 7,000 cavalry; 500 chariots; 10,000 Armenian Warrior
Casualties and losses
c. 75,000 killed; c. 25,000 retreated; c. 100,000 Roman civilians;	c. 350,000 killed, including civilians; c. 200,000+ captured or enslaved;

The First Mithridatic War (89–85 BC) was a war challenging the Roman Republic's expanding empire and rule over the Greek world. In this conflict, the Kingdom of Pontus and many Greek cities rebelling against Roman rule were led by Mithridates VI of Pontus against Rome and the allied Kingdom of Bithynia. The war lasted five years and ended in a Roman victory, which forced Mithridates to abandon all of his conquests and return to Pontus. The conflict with Mithridates VI later resumed in two further Mithridatic Wars.

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