Battle of the Pelorus

Battle of the Pelorus
	Part of Caucasian campaign of Pompey
Date	65 BC
Location	near the Pelorus river
Result	Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Kingdom of Iberia
Commanders and leaders
Pompey	Artoces of Iberia
Strength
unknown	unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown	9,000 dead; 10,000 taken prisoner

The Battle of the Pelorus river was fought in the spring of 65 BC between a Roman Republican army under the command of the Roman general Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (better known as Pompey the Great) and an Iberian army commanded by king Artoces of Iberia.^[2] The battle was fought near the Pelorus river in the centre of Iberia and ended in a stunning victory for the Roman army.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Appian, Bell. Mithr. 103, 117; Cassius Dio 37.1-2; Eutropius 6.14 [Artaces]; Festus 16; Orosius 6.4.8; John Leach, Pompey the Great, p.84.
^ Suny 1994, p. 13.

[JLPG84-1] Appian, Bell. Mithr. 103, 117; Cassius Dio 37.1-2; Eutropius 6.14 [Artaces]; Festus 16; Orosius 6.4.8; John Leach, Pompey the Great, p.84.

[FOOTNOTESuny199413-2] Suny 1994, p. 13.

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