Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Mithridates VI of Pontus

Battles of Mithridates VI of Pontus

ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus from 120 to 63 BC, 132 BC to 63 BC

Mithridates VI of Pontus is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 88 BC and 66 BC: 5 battles and 2 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in Turkey (5), Greece (1), Armenia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,626 km apart end to end, 604 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Third Mithridatic War (5), First Mithridatic War (1).

Siege of RhodesBattle of HalysBattle of ChalcedonSiege of CyzicusBattle of CabiraBattle of ArtaxataBattle of the LycusBattle of ChalcedonSiege of CyzicusBattle of CabiraBattle of ArtaxataBattle of the LycusAnkaraAleppoTbilisiNicosiaİzmirMosulAdanaKonyaSamsunKirkuk500 km38.951N, 36.175E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

88 BC: 1 engagements1 in 88 BC82 BC: 1 engagements1 in 82 BC74 BC: 1 engagements1 in 74 BC73 BC: 1 engagements1 in 73 BC72 BC: 1 engagements1 in 72 BC68 BC: 1 engagements1 in 68 BC66 BC: 1 engagements1 in 66 BC88 BC66 BC
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Rhodes, 88 BCBattle of Halys, 82 BCBattle of Chalcedon, 74 BCSiege of Cyzicus, 73 BCBattle of Cabira, 72 BCBattle of Artaxata, 68 BCBattle of the Lycus, 66 BC88 BC66 BC
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
88 BCSiege of RhodesRhodes, GreeceRhodian victory
82 BCBattle of HalysKızılırmak River, Turkey925 km NEPontic victory
74 BCBattle of ChalcedonChalcedon, Turkey584 km WPontic victory
73 BCSiege of CyzicusCyzicus, Turkey123 km SWRoman victory
72 BCBattle of CabiraCabira, Turkey775 km ERoman victory
68 BCBattle of ArtaxataArtashat, Armenia647 km ERoman victory
66 BCBattle of the LycusKelkit Brook, Turkey573 km WRoman victory; End of the Mithridatic Wars

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown artistUnknown artist, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.