When Being a Friend of Rome Makes You a King (or a Queen)
When Being a Friend of Rome Makes You a King (or a Queen) Gaius Cassius found himself in a bind. Earlier that year, Mithridates VI, the king of Pontus, had invaded the Roman province of Asia (modern Turkey) and killed more than 80,000 Italians residing there. The Pontic king had then swiftly invaded the rest of the Province of Asia, while important cities like the Phrygian Laodicea willingly handed over Roman generals to Mithridates. Figure 1. Roman Asia Minor. Cassius and his troops, barricaded in the neighboring city of Apamea, were about to face a difficult winter since the enemy arm...
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