Third Mithridatic War: Difference between revisions

In the summer of 68 BC Lucullus marched against Tigranes and crossed the Anti-Taurus range heading for the old Armenian capital Artaxata. Once again, Tigranes was provoked to attack, and in a major battle at the Aratsani River, Lucullus defeated the Armenian army. Soon he left this campaign, and when winter came on early in the Armenian tablelands, his troops mutinied, refusing to go further, and he was forced to withdraw southwards back into Arzenene. From there he proceeded back down through Korduene into old [[Assyria]] (Northern [[Mesopotamia]]) and in the late autumn and early winter besieged [[Nisibis]], the main [[Armenia]]n fortress city and treasury in Northern Mesopotamia.<ref>Lee Fratantuono, ''Lucullus, the Life and Campaigns of a Roman Conqueror'', pp 101-104.</ref>