The Battle of Chalcedon, 74 BC ⚔️ | Third Mithridatic War

It is a regular afternoon in the summer, 74 BC. On the wall of the port town of Chalcedon, situated on the Anatolian peninsula, stood Roman consul Marcus Aurelius Cotta. He looks over the plain in front of the town's gates. An incredibly large army, some sources indicate up to 170.000-strong stared back at him. One man rode into the plain from among the ranks and stared back directly at him. Cotta knew who this man was: the infamous King Mithridates VI of Pontus. The first major engagement of the Third Mithridatic War was about to commence.

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0:00 Introduction
0:47 Prelude to the Third Mithridatic War
8:33 The Battle of Chalcedon

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[napoleonibonaparte]

Won’t be long until Mithradates’ great humbling.

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Only person i could find who made a chalcedon battle video, good stuff thank you!

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[ofallmyintention]

Hell yeah! I love the Pontic and Mithradatic conflicts.

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[Lo_the_Brawler]

I have a question and I hope you will se my comment.
Wikipedia says that “Having made his way to Nicomedia, Cotta watched in frustration as Mithridates marched on taking Nicaea, Lampsacus, Nicomedia and Apameia, all major cities in the region. But I don’t understand the following thing: Having made his way to Nicomedia refers to Cotta, but after the battle of Chalcedon he was still under siege until Lucullus came to rescue him, so how could he be in Nicomedia?

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[DeRegelaar]

Is that Cotta related to Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta who died in the attack of Ambiorix of the Eburones in Belgica in 54 bc?
I know same Gens, but perhaps his father or uncle or even brother? Only 20 years apart.

[shamsishraq]

About the numbers again: how did Pontus support an army of 120, 000? It was not even all of Anatolia, and I can't but suspect that the 10 to 1 figures are exaggerated.