| Battle of Lemnos | |||||||
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| Part of the Third Mithridatic War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Rome | Pontus | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Lucius Licinius Lucullus |
Marcus Marius (or Varius) Alexander the Paphlagonian Dionysius the eunuch[1] | ||||||
The Battle of Lemnos[1] was fought on the island of Lemnos[2] in 73 BC between a Roman fleet and a Mithridatic fleet; it was a decisive event during the Third Mithridatic War. The primary chroniclers of the battle are Appian, Cicero and Memnon, but there remain debates about the specifics in these different accounts.
- ^ a b "Rickard, J (14 December 2008), Battle of Lemnos, 73 B.C."
- ^ It could also have been fought on an unnamed island near Lemnos.