Cotta, joined by Lucullus at Nicomedia in …
Years: 73BCE - 73BCE
Cotta, joined by Lucullus at Nicomedia in 73 BCE, is assigned the task of securing Lucullus' rear by taking the town of Heraclea, which Mithridates has reinforced with four thousand troops.
After reducing the Pontic coast, Cotta begins besieging Heraclea.
