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Year 89 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Strabo and Cato (or, less frequently, year 665 Ab urbe condita ) and the Fourth Year of Zhenghe .
The Battle of Asculum was fought in 89 BC during the Social War between Rome and its former Italian allies. The Romans were led by Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo , and were victorious over the rebels. [ 1 ] The future Consul Publius Ventidius was said to have been captured as a youth at this battle and displayed in a Triumph at Rome.
The new consuls for 89 BC were Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo and Lucius Porcius Cato. [89] In January, the Marsi attempted to support the rebellions in Etruria and Umbria. The two consuls moved to intercept the Marsi, who were commanded by Titus Vettius Scato. Strabo defeated the Marsi near Asculum, forcing them into retreat across the snowy mountains.
Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo (c. 135 – 87 BC) was a Roman general and politician, who served as consul in 89 BC. He is often referred to in English as Pompey Strabo, to distinguish him from his son, the famous Pompey the Great, or from Strabo the geographer. Strabo, the cognomen, means "cross eyed".
The First Mithridatic War (89–85 BC) was a war challenging the Roman Republic's expanding empire and rule over the Greek world. In this conflict, the Kingdom of Pontus and many Greek cities rebelling against Roman rule were led by Mithridates VI of Pontus against Rome and the allied Kingdom of Bithynia.
By the middle of 89 BC, Mithridates had defeated four allied armies and conquered most of Roman Asia. He revelled in his victory as he remitted all taxes for five years and appointed satraps and overseers for the conquered territories. [12] News reached Rome of Mithridates' victories and the collapse of Roman rule in Asia in the autumn of 89 BC.
He was elected praetor in 92 BC. [1] In 90 BC, during the Social War, he was given a propraetoral command and defeated an Etruscan army which had joined the revolt. [2] [3] He was elected consul in 89 BC, alongside Pompey Strabo, and took over the southern command from Lucius Caesar.
In the summer of 89 BC, Mithridates invaded Bithynia and defeated Nicomedes and Aquillius in battle. He moved swiftly into Roman Asia and resistance crumbled; by 88 he had obtained the surrender of most of the newly created province. He was welcomed in many cities, where the residents chafed under Roman tax farming.