Back Μάχη της Κυζίκου Greek Batalla de Cícico (74 a. C.) Spanish Battaglia di Cizico (73 a.C.) Italian Pertempuran Cyzicus (73 SM) Malay Slag bij Cyzicus (74 v.Chr.) Dutch Bitwa pod Kyzikos (74 p.n.e.) Polish Cerco de Cízico Portuguese Осада Кизика Russian Bitka kod Kizika (74. pne.) Serbo-Croatian
| Battle of Cyzicus | |||||||
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| Part of Third Mithridatic War | |||||||
 Ruins of Cyzicus | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| The Roman Republic and their ally the city of Cyzicus | The Kingdom of Pontus | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Lucius Licinius Lucullus | Mithridates VI of Pontus | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Appian: 30,000 infantry and 1,600 cavalry[1] Plutarch: 30,000 infantry and 2,500 cavalry[2] | 300,000[3] probably including camp followers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| very low | very high | ||||||
The siege of Cyzicus took place in 73 BC between the armies of Mithridates VI of Pontus and the Roman-allied citizens of Cyzicus in Mysia and Roman Republican forces under Lucius Licinius Lucullus. It was in fact a siege and a counter-siege. It ended in a decisive Roman victory.[4]