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Line 40: ==Aftermath== Soon after the battle, there was a near mutiny in Lucullus' camp. His troops were worn out after marching for 960 miles (1,500 km) and fighting many battles with little to show for it. They refused to march after Tigranes and Mithridates and forced Lucullus to turn south and invade the Armenian possessions in [[Mesopotamia]]. Mithridates and Tigranes turned to [[guerrilla]] warfare and soon, Armenia was back in Tigranes' hands. Mithridates returned to Pontus where he was able to regain power after the [[Battle of Zela (67 BC)|Battle of Zela]] . Eventually, the [[Roman Senate]] sent [[Pompey the great]] to replace Lucullus and finish off Mithridates. Pompey was successful, and Mithridates was defeated at the [[battle of the Lycus|Battle of Lycus]] in 66 BC, while Tigranes became a client-king of the Roman Empire.{{sfn|Patterson|2015|p=77}} In 63 BC, the third Mithridatic war finally ended when Mithridates, at the age of 68, committed suicide after his son rebelled at [[Phanagoria]], along the eastern shore of the [[Cimmerian Bosporus]]. == References == | |||