74 BC Lucullus is a consul, governor of Cilicia
74-67 BC Lucullus is given command of the war against Mithridates VI with command of the Roman provinces of Cilicia, Asia, Pontus and Bithynia
66 BC Lucullus returns to Rome
The Lex Manilia gives Pompey the command against Mithridates
Pompey expels Mithridates from Pontus, receives the surrender of Armenia and defeats the Iberians
65 BC Pompey defeats the Albani. Involved in affairs of Armenia and Parthia
64 BC Pompey advances into Syria
63 BC Pompey involved in Jewish war. Captures Jerusalem. Mithridates dies.
Lucullus holds a triumph
62 BC Pompey returns to Rome.