What the records say
- When
- 88 BCE
- Kind
- Genocide
- Coordinates
- 39.00° N, 34.00° E
- Description
- genocide which occurred prior to the First Mithridatic War
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Asiatic Vespers
Massacre which occurred before the First Mithridatic War
The Asiatic Vespers were massacres of Roman and other Latin-speaking peoples living in parts of western Anatolia c. early 88 BC by forces loyal to Mithridates VI Eupator, ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus, who orchestrated the massacre in an attempt to rid Asia Minor of Roman influence. An estimated 80,000 people were killed during the episode.
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- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “80,000 Roman civilians killed in the Asiatic Vespers in Asia Minor”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In Kleinasien werden auf Befehl von Mithridates VI. etwa 80 000 Römer ermordet (Vesper von Ephesos)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Эфесская вечерня — массовые убийства римлян и италиков в Азии, убито более 80 000 римских граждан”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page