Battle of Chaeronea (86 BC)

Battle of Chaeronea
	Part of the First Mithridatic War
Date	86 BC
Location	Chaeronea, Boeotia (modern Greece)38°30′04″N 22°51′50″E / 38.501°N 22.864°E
Result	Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Kingdom of Pontus
Commanders and leaders
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Lucius Licinius Murena; Lucius Hortensius; Servius Sulpicius Galba; Aulus Gabinius; ;	Archelaus; Taxiles (POW)
Strength
c. 30,000 men	60,000 men; 90 scythed chariots
Casualties and losses
12 killed, according to Sulla (greatly disputed)	All but 10,000, according to Plutarch (disputed)
	Location within Greece

The Battle of Chaeronea was fought by the Roman forces of Lucius Cornelius Sulla and Mithridates' general, Archelaus, near Chaeronea, in Boeotia, in 86 BC during the First Mithridatic War. The battle ended with a complete rout of the Pontic army and a decisive victory for the Romans.