Siege of Athens and Piraeus (87–86 BC)

Siege of Athens and Piraeus
	Part of the First Mithridatic War
	; Map of the Athenian city wall encompassing both Athens and Piraeus.
Date	Autumn 87 BC – 1 March 86 BC (Athens), Spring 86 BC (Piraeus)
Location	Athens, Greece
Result	Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Kingdom of Pontus; Athenian City-State
Commanders and leaders
Lucius Cornelius Sulla; Lucius Licinius Lucullus; Gaius Scribonius Curio; Lucius Licinius Murena	Commander-in-chief:; Archelaus (commanding the defenders of Piraeus) Commanders; Aristion (in command of Athens itself)
Strength
total: 37,000–44,000 5 Roman legions (17,000–24,000 legionaires); 20,000 auxiliaries	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Low	400,000 200,000 dead; 200,000 captured;

The siege of Athens and Piraeus was a siege of the First Mithridatic War that took place from Autumn of 87 BC to the Spring and Summer of 86 BC. The battle was fought between the forces of the Roman Republic, commanded by Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix on the one hand, and the forces of the Kingdom of Pontus and the Athenian City-State on the other. The Greek Pontian forces were commanded by Aristion and Archelaus.

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