 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Panguva iyoyo, Roma yakanga ichirwisana neJugurthineuye hondo dzeCimbric. Mithridates naNicomedes vokuBhitinia vose vakapinda muPaphlagonia ndokuigovanisa pakati pavo. Nhume yeRoma yakatumwa, asi haina kuita chinhu. Mithridates akatorawo chikamu cheGaratia chakanga chambova chikamu choumambo hwababa vake uye akapindira muKapadhokiya, uko hanzvadzi yake Laodice yakanga iri mambokadzi. Muna 116 mambo weKappadocia, Ariarathes VI, akaurayiwa nemukuru weKappadocia Gordius pakurayira kwaMithridates, uye Laodice akatonga semutongi pamusoro pevanakomana vaAriarathes kusvika 102BC. Pashure pokunge Nicomedes III weBhitinia aroora Raodikia, akaedza kupindira munharaunda nokutumira mauto; Mithridates akakurumidza kupinda, achiisa muzukuru wake Ariarathes VII weKapadhokiya pachigaro choumambo cheKapadhokiya. Nokukurumidza hondo yakatanga pakati pevaviri ava, uye Mithridates akapinda neuto guru rePontic, asi Ariarathes VII akaurayiwa muna 101 BC hondo ipi neipi isati yarwiwa. Mithridates akabva agadza mwanakomana wake aiva nemakore masere, Ariarathes IX weKapadhokiya kuti ave mambo, Gordius ari mutongi. Muna 97 Kapadhokiya yakapandukira, asi kumukira kwacho kwakakurumidza kugumiswa naMithridates. Pashure pacho, Mithridates naNicomedes III vose vakatumira nhume kuRoma. Dare reSeneti reRoma rakapa murayiro wokuti Mithridates abve muKapadhokiya uye Nicomedes abve muPaphlagonia. Mithridates akabvuma, uye vaRoma vakagadza Ariobarzanes muKapadhokiya. Muna 9190 BC, apo Roma yakanga yakabatikana muHondo Yemagariro muItaly, Mithridates akakurudzira mubatsiri wake mutsva uye mukwasha, Mambo Tigranes Mukuru weArmenia, kuti apinde muKappadocia, izvo zvaakaita, uye Ariobarzanes akatizira kuRoma. Mithridates akabva abvisa Nicomedes IV muBithynia, achiisa Socrates Chrestus pachigaro. 