Battle of Cabira

72 or 71 BCE · 1st century BCE · Part of the Third Mithridatic War

The Battle of Cabira was fought near Cabira in Pontus, in the Third Mithridatic War, in 72 or 71 BCE. The Roman general Lucius Licinius Lucullus, after cutting the enemy supply lines, routed the army of Mithridates VI, who fled to his son-in-law Tigranes the Great of Armenia. The victory gave Rome control of most of Pontus.

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