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Gaius Valerius Triarius

1st century BCE · 1st century BCE

Gaius Valerius Triarius was a Roman legate under Lucullus in the Third Mithridatic War. In 67 BCE, while Lucullus was away, he attacked Mithridates VI near Zela in Pontus and suffered a heavy defeat in which, according to ancient writers, thousands of Romans and many officers died. The disaster allowed Mithridates to recover much of his kingdom.

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