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The Asiatic Vespers (also known as the Vespers of 88 BC) refers to an infamous episode during the First Mithridatic War
First Mithridatic War

The First Mithridatic War was a conflict fought between the Kingdom of Pontus and revolting Greek cities?Athens being the most prominent?led by Mithridates VI of Pontus against the Roman Republic and the Bithynia....
. In response to increasing Roman power in Anatolia, the king of Pontus
Pontus

Pontus or Pontos is a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, located in modern-day northeastern Turkey. The name was applied to the coastal region in Antiquity by the Greeks who colonized the area, and derived from the Greek name of the Black Sea: Pontos Euxeinos , or simply Pontos....
, Mithridates the Great tapped into local discontent with the Romans and their taxes to orchestrate the execution of roughly 80,000 Roman citizens and other foreigners in Asia Minor. This act led to the usually prudent Roman Senate
Roman Senate

The Senate of the Roman Republic was a political institution in the ancient Roman Republic. According to the Greek historian Polybius, our principal source on the Constitution of the Roman Republic, the Roman Senate was the predominant branch of government....
 committing a huge invasion force aimed at breaking the power of the Kingdom of Pontus and eventually annexing their territory in a series of conflicts known as the Mithridatic Wars
Mithridatic Wars

There were three Mithridatic Wars between Roman Republic and Pontus in the first century BC. They are named for Mithridates VI who was King of Pontus at the time....
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The Asiatic Vespers (also known as the Vespers of 88 BC) refers to an infamous episode during the First Mithridatic War
First Mithridatic War

The First Mithridatic War was a conflict fought between the Kingdom of Pontus and revolting Greek cities?Athens being the most prominent?led by Mithridates VI of Pontus against the Roman Republic and the Bithynia....
. In response to increasing Roman power in Anatolia, the king of Pontus
Pontus

Pontus or Pontos is a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, located in modern-day northeastern Turkey. The name was applied to the coastal region in Antiquity by the Greeks who colonized the area, and derived from the Greek name of the Black Sea: Pontos Euxeinos , or simply Pontos....
, Mithridates the Great tapped into local discontent with the Romans and their taxes to orchestrate the execution of roughly 80,000 Roman citizens and other foreigners in Asia Minor. This act led to the usually prudent Roman Senate
Roman Senate

The Senate of the Roman Republic was a political institution in the ancient Roman Republic. According to the Greek historian Polybius, our principal source on the Constitution of the Roman Republic, the Roman Senate was the predominant branch of government....
 committing a huge invasion force aimed at breaking the power of the Kingdom of Pontus and eventually annexing their territory in a series of conflicts known as the Mithridatic Wars
Mithridatic Wars

There were three Mithridatic Wars between Roman Republic and Pontus in the first century BC. They are named for Mithridates VI who was King of Pontus at the time....
.