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Encyclopedia > Battle of Tenedos
Battle of Tenedos
Part of the First Mithridatic War
Date: 86 BC
Location: near Tenedos island, modern Turkey
Result: Roman victory
Combatants
Rome Pontus
Commanders
Lucius Licinius Lucullus Unknown
Mithridatic Wars
Amnias - Mount Scorobas - Tenedos - ChaeroneaOrchomenusCyzicusCabira - TigranocertaArtaxataLycus

The Battle of Tenedos was fought in 86 BC between the fleets of Rome and Pontus. The Romans were led by Lucius Licinius Lucullus, and they were victorious. Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC - 80s BC - 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC Years: 91 BC 90 BC 89 BC 88 BC 87 BC - 86 BC - 85 BC 84 BC 83... Gökçeada and Bozcaada are two islands in the Aegean Sea which are part of Canakkale Province in Turkey. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ... After the colonisation of the Anatolian shores by the Ionian Greeks, Pontus soon became a name which was applied, in ancient times, to extensive tracts of country in the northeast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) bordering on the Euxine (Black Sea), which was often called simply Pontos (the Main), by... Lucius Licinius Lucullus (c. ... There have been three Mithridatic Wars between Rome and Pontus. ... The Battle of Chaeronea was fought near Chaeronea, in Boeotia, in 86 BC during the First Mithridatic War, between Rome and King Mithridates VI of Pontus. ... The Battle of Orchomenus was fought in 85 BC between Rome and the forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus. ... The Battle of Cyzicus was fought in 74 BC between Roman forces and the armies of Mithridates VI of Pontus. ... The Battle of Cabira was fought in 72 BC between Roman and Mithridatic forces. ... Tigranocerta (also spelled Dikranagerd) was the capital of the Armenian Empire that Tigranes the Great founded (95‑56BC) south of the present city of Diyarbakır, Turkey. ... The Battle of Artaxata was fought in 68 BC between Rome and Armenia. ... The Battle of the Lycus was fought in 66 BC between the army of Pompey the Great and the forces of Mithridates VI. Pompey easily won the battle, and Mithridates later committed suicide, ending the Third Mithridatic War. ... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC - 80s BC - 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC Years: 91 BC 90 BC 89 BC 88 BC 87 BC - 86 BC - 85 BC 84 BC 83... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ... After the colonisation of the Anatolian shores by the Ionian Greeks, Pontus soon became a name which was applied, in ancient times, to extensive tracts of country in the northeast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) bordering on the Euxine (Black Sea), which was often called simply Pontos (the Main), by... Lucius Licinius Lucullus (c. ...



 
 

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