24. =nocturnō proeliō=: Mithradates at first attempted to procure peace, but Pompey would hear of nothing but unconditional surrender. He started to retire slowly but was pursued by Pompey, and was overtaken in a narrow pass on the Lycus, where the city of Nicopolis was afterward built. Mithradates escaped with a few horsemen and fled to Tigranes, who refused to receive him. =quadrāgintā mīlia=: cf. _centum ferē mīlia_, Ch. 6. 27. =Pharnacis=: Pompey had been active in fostering intrigues in the family of Mithradates. He had caused Pharnaces to revolt and to ally himself with the Romans, and had proclaimed him king at Panticapaeum. PAGE 56. 2. =venēnum hausit=: Pharnaces was about to hand him over to the Romans. The story is that he was so inured to poisons that he was compelled to end his life with a sword. CH. 13. 7. =ab Artaxatā=: Pompey was following him, and was planning to capture his capital city. 11. =Syria=, =Phoenīcē=: also Galatia, Cappadocia, and a part of Cilicia which Lucullus had taken away from him, Pompey refused to return. 12. =Sophānēnē=: Pompey made the son of Tigranes the king of Sophanene. 14. =commōvisset=: Subjunctive, giving the reason of the Romans. CH. 14. 22. =Syriam=: Syria was disturbed by fierce internal dissensions. To put an end to the anarchy that existed there, Pompey resolved to annex it. He drove from the throne Antiochus Asiaticus, who had been acknowledged by the senate and by Lucullus. PAGE 57. 2. =Iūdaeam=: the Jews alone refused to obey his orders, and sustained a siege of three months at Jerusalem. Although Rome had no business to interfere with the affairs in this part of the East, yet the government she gave to the provinces, formed from the conquered territory, was stable and just in the main, and was welcome after the state of anarchy that had prevailed. CH. 15.