"Roman victory"@en . . . "Bithynia"@en . "The period between the Second and Third wars of Rome and the Pontic Kingdom (81\u201375 BC) is discussed under the Kingdom of Pontus. There it can be seen how the long piracy wars were a development out of the First Mithridatic War and especially of the alliance between Mithridates VI and Sertorius, which in joining those two threats into a unity much larger than its parts had the serious potential of overturning Roman power. The immediate cause of the Third War was the bequest to Rome by King Nicomedes IV of Bithynia of his kingdom upon his death (74 BC)."@en . . . . . . "Pompey"@en . . "Tigranes the Great"@en . "Third Mithridatic War"@en . . "Pontus and Syria became Roman provinces. Judea became client state of Rome and Kingdom of Armenia became Allies of Rome."@en . . "the Mithridatic Wars"@en . . . "73"^^ . "The period between the Second and Third wars of Rome and the Pontic Kingdom (81\u201375 BC) is discussed under the Kingdom of Pontus. There it can be seen how the long piracy wars were a development out of the First Mithridatic War and especially of the alliance between Mithridates VI and Sertorius, which in joining those two threats into a unity much larger than its parts had the serious potential of overturning Roman power. The immediate cause of the Third War was the bequest to Rome by King Nicomedes IV of Bithynia of his kingdom upon his death (74 BC)."@en . "Asia Minor"@en . . . "Third Mithridatic War"@en . . "Kingdom of Armenia"@en . . . .