Battle of Chaeronea, 86 b.c.e.

Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in the First Mithridatic War. Result: Sulla destroyed two Pontic armies; both sides’ reported casualty figures are improbable.

Corruption and oppression made Roman rule hated in Greece and Anatolia. The Social War (91-88 b.c.e.) in Italy enabled King Mithridates VI Eupator of Pontus to conquer territory while posing as a liberator. He eliminated Roman forces in western Anatolia, where the inhabitants massacred resident Italians. Invited by Athens, royal armies occupied Greece in 87 b.c.e.

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