Roman command structure during First Mithridatic War
Roman command structure during First Mithridatic War refers to the chain of command of the forces sent east by the government of Rome to exercise the Mithridatic War mandate, requiring those forces to defeat Mithridates VI of Pontus, who had evoked the ire of the Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) by slaughtering all the Romans his adherents could find on a single, pre-arranged day, an event now termed the Asiatic Vespers. Previously in Roman history the war and the command structure would have been straightforward: the Senate would declare war, and the mandate to carry it out would be assigned to one of the two consuls elected for the year, with both being assigned if necessary, and ex-consuls being available as generals with the rank of proconsul. For a small war the consul might give the
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Roman command structure during First Mithridatic War
Roman command structure during First Mithridatic War refers to the chain of command of the forces sent east by the government of Rome to exercise the Mithridatic War mandate, requiring those forces to defeat Mithridates VI of Pontus, who had evoked the ire of the Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) by slaughtering all the Romans his adherents could find on a single, pre-arranged day, an event now termed the Asiatic Vespers. Previously in Roman history the war and the command structure would have been straightforward: the Senate would declare war, and the mandate to carry it out would be assigned to one of the two consuls elected for the year, with both being assigned if necessary, and ex-consuls being available as generals with the rank of proconsul. For a small war the consul might give the
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Greek rebels
Kingdom of Bithynia
Kingdom of Pontus,
Roman Republic,
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Roman victory
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A coin depicting Mithridates VI of Pontus.
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First Mithridatic War
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'''[Λεύκι]ον Λικίνιον Λευκίου [υἰὸν]
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'''[Πλ]ούταρχο[ς] Ἡλιοδώρου Ῥόδιος ἐποίησε.
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'''[τὸ κοιν]ον τῶν Αἰνιάνω[ν]
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'''[τὸ κοινὸν τῶν Ἀ]θαμάνων Κόϊντον Βραίτιο[ν]
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'''[υ]ἱ[ὸ]ν̣ Μουρῆναν ἰμπεράτορα,
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'''[ἁ π]όλις
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'''[— — — — — — — ὑ]ιὸν Σούραν πρεσβευτὴν
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'''ΑΝΤΙΤΑΜΙΑΝ
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'''ΑΡΕΤΗΣΕΝΕΚΕΝΚΑΙΕΥΝΟΙΑΣΤΗΣΕΙΣΕΑΥΤΟΝ
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the Mithridatic Wars
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Asia Minor, Achaea and the Aegean Sea.
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Roman victory
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Mithridates left in control of only Pontus
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Carian inscription
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Homage to Gaius
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Homage to Lucius
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Honorific inscription at Hypata
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Honorific inscription at Larissa
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Honorific inscription at Messene
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Honorific inscription at Rhodes
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RRC 367/4
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