71. Crassus appointed to the command of the war against the Gladiators 202 Defeats and slays Spartacus 203 Pompey cuts to pieces a body of Gladiators 203 70. Consulship of Pompey and Crassus 203 Pompey restores the Tribunitian power 203 Law of L. Aurelius Cotta, transferring the Judicia to the Senators, Equites, and Tribuni AErarii 204 CHAPTER XXX. THIRD OR GREAT MITHRIDATIC WAR. B.C. 74-61. 83. SECOND MITHRIDATIC WAR-- Murena invades Pontus 205 83. Mithridates defeats Murena 205 End of the Second Mithridatic War 205 Preparations of Mithridates 206 71. THIRD MITHRIDATIC WAR-- Mithridates defeats the Consul Cotta 206 He lays siege to Cyzicus 206 73. The siege is raised by Lucullus 207 Lucullus defeats Mithridates 207 71. Mithridates takes refuge in Armenia 207 70. Lucullus settles the affairs of Asia 207 69. He invades Armenia and defeats Tigranes 208 68. Lucullus defeats Tigranes and Mithridates, and lays siege to Nisibis 208 67. Mithridates returns to Pontus and defeats the generals of Lucullus 208 Mutiny in the army of Lucullus 208 The command of the Mithridatic War given to Glabrio 209 WAR WITH THE PIRATES-- Account of the Pirates 209 Command of the war given by the Gabinian Law to Pompey 210 Success of Pompey 210 He finishes the war 210 66. THIRD MITHRIDATIC WAR CONTINUED 210 Command of the Mithridatic War given by the Manilian Law to Pompey 210 It is opposed by the aristocracy 211 It is supported by Cicero 211 Pompey defeats Mithridates 211 Mithridates retires into the Cimmerian Bosporus 211 Pompey invades Armenia 212 Submission of Tigranes 212