Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Lucullus

Battles of Lucullus

ancient Roman statesman and general, 117 BC to 57 BC

Lucullus is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 87 BC and 68 BC: 4 battles, 3 sieges and 1 naval action across 3 present-day countries, most in Turkey (6), Greece (1), Armenia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,460 km apart end to end, 351 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Third Mithridatic War (5), First Mithridatic War (2).

Siege of MytileneSiege of CyzicusBattle of TenedosSiege of AthensBattle of TenedosBattle of CabiraBattle of TigranocertaBattle of ArtaxataSiege of AthensBattle of TenedosBattle of CabiraBattle of TigranocertaBattle of ArtaxataAnkaraAleppoBucharestBeirutSofiaTbilisiThessalonikiSevastopolNicosiaİzmir500 km39.281N, 34.133E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

87 BC: 1 engagements86 BC: 1 engagements81 BC: 1 engagements73 BC: 2 engagements2 in 73 BC72 BC: 1 engagements69 BC: 1 engagements68 BC: 1 engagements87 BC68 BC
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Athens, 87 BCBattle of Tenedos, 86 BCSiege of Mytilene, 81 BCSiege of Cyzicus, 73 BCBattle of Tenedos, 73 BCBattle of Cabira, 72 BCBattle of Tigranocerta, 69 BCBattle of Artaxata, 68 BC87 BC68 BC
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
September 87 BCSiege of AthensAthens, GreeceRoman victory
86 BCBattle of TenedosBozcaada, Turkey287 km NERoman victory
81 BCSiege of MytileneMytilene, Turkey89 km SERoman victory
73 BCSiege of CyzicusCyzicus, Turkey180 km NERoman victory
73 BCBattle of TenedosTurkey164 km SWRoman victory
72 BCBattle of CabiraCabira, Turkey932 km ERoman victory
6 October 69 BCBattle of TigranocertaTigranocerta, Turkey440 km SERoman victory
68 BCBattle of ArtaxataArtashat, Armenia367 km NERoman victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Janmad, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.