374:, his commander, to retaliate on Roman villages. Gordius seized a large number of animals and property and advanced against Murena. When Mithridates arrived there, a tough battle was fought and Murena was defeated. Murena fled to Phrygia, harassed by the enemy. This led many states in Asia Minor which had sided with Rome to switch allegiance. Mithridates drove all the Roman garrisons out of Cappadocia. Sulla disapproved of a war against Mithridates because he had not broken the treaty. Aulus Gabinius was sent to tell Murena that the order not to fight Mithridates was to be taken seriously. Gabinius then arranged a conference with Mithridates and Ariobarzanes I to reconcile them. Mithridates betrothed his four-year-old daughter to Ariobarzanes and stipulated that Ariobarzanes was to retain the part of Cappadocia he held at the time and also have another part. Murena was recalled to Rome.
358:, who was a Roman ally, which led to this impression. Mithridates sent envoys to invoke the peace treaty. Murena replied that he did not see any treaties because Sulla had not written it down before he returned to Greece. He then began looting and then returned to Cappadocia to winter there. Mithridates sent envoys to Rome to complain. In 82 BC Murena seized 400 villages which belonged to Mithridates, who did not try to counter this, preferring to wait for the return of the ambassadors. Murena returned to
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Mithridates sent his envoys to Murena, he ignored them because they were mostly Greek philosophers who disparaged Mithridates. He installed Ariobarzanes as king of Cappadocia and founded the city of Licinia near the border with Pontus. Meanwhile, Murena and Mithridates both
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loaded with plunder. He was reached by a messenger of the senate who told him that the senate ordered him to leave
Mithridates alone as he had not broken the treaty. However, he did not bring a decree and he was seen talking to Murena alone.
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Heracleians to bid for their alliance. These replied that they could hardly protect themselves and could not help others. Some of Murena's advisers said that he should attack
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Mithridates because Sulla had to return to Rome to deal with his political enemies. The peace treaty allowed Mithridates to remain in control of his
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1427:Aetolian War
1389:(220â217 BC)
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1334:Wars of the
1290:(357â355 BC)
1274:Wars of the
1270:Boeotian War
1118:
1073:Armenian War
1036:Roman Empire
1019:Perusine War
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926:Servile Wars
921:Cimbrian War
874:Galatian War
793:Samnite Wars
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27:Part of the
1452:Achaean War
1387:Social War
1382:Lyttian War
1357:Syrian Wars
1352:Pyrrhic War
1321:Hellenistic
1301:Foreign War
1288:Social War
1034:Wars of the
982:Gallic Wars
911:Achaean War
798:Pyrrhic War
748:Wars of the
460:Karl MĂŒller
78:Territorial
1501:Categories
1417:Cretan War
1329:Lamian War
1250:Samian War
1054:Gothic War
815:Punic Wars
803:Social War
395:References
340:Cappadocia
333:Cappadocia
313:Asia Minor
63:Asia Minor
1212:Classical
620:Athenaeum
348:Colchians
1336:Diadochi
541:, 602ff.
279:and the
58:Location
53:83â81 BC
1459: (
1397: (
1169:Archaic
539:FHG III
521:FHG III
372:Gordius
364:Galatia
360:Phrygia
325:Phrygia
295:History
80:changes
1465:Second
1411:Fourth
1403:Second
970:Second
936:Second
862:Fourth
852:Second
825:Second
642:about
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344:Comana
317:legate
277:Pontus
251:Second
184:Amasra
70:Result
1517:81 BC
1512:82 BC
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1469:Third
1461:First
1407:Third
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830:Third
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256:Third
246:First
189:Halys
83:None,
602:ISBN
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527:FGrH
451:ISBN
362:and
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