 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Lucullus akabva atangazve chirongwa chake chepakutanga ndokufambira mberi kuburikidza neGalatia nePaphlagonia kuenda kuPonto muna 72 BC. Pakazosvika 71 BC akanga apfuura nomumipata yeIris neLycus ndokupinda muPonto kwaakarwa naMithridates paCabira. Zvakaguma zvaitika zvaiva nengozi kumasoja ePontic, uye Mithridates akatizira kuArmenia. VaRoma vakabva vatanga kukunda Pontus neLesser Armenia vachiedza kunyengetedza Mithridates, uyo akanga ava muenzi waTigranes Mukuru kuti azviise pasi pavo. Tigranes akaramba kurwisa kwevaRoma uye akaratidza kuti akanga akagadzirira kurwa, saka Lucullus akagadzirira kupinda muArmenia muna 70 BC. Muna 69 akafamba nomuKapadhokiya achienda kuYufratesi, achimuyambuka paTomisa ndokupinda muSophene nenyika dzakanga dzichangobva kuwanikwa naTigranes kubva kuvaSeleucids ndokunanga kuguta guru idzva reumambo reTigranocerta. Ikoko Tigranes akamuwana achirwisa guta racho, uye muhondo yakatevera, vakadzingwa, vachitizira kuchamhembe. 