"Vèpres éphésiennes" was coined in 1890 by historian Théodore Reinach to describe the massacre, making a retrospective analogy with the Sicilian Vespers of 1282. Subsequent historians have adopted some variation of the phrase, using Vespers as a euphemism for "massacre". Notes References Appian, Mithridatic Wars. Badian, Ernst, 1976. "Rome, Athens and Mithridates," American Journal of Ancient History 1. Eutropius, Abridgement of Roman History. Mayor, Adrienne, 2010. The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press. Memnon, History of Heraclea. Orosius, Seven Books of History Against the Pagans. Plutarch, Life of Sulla. Reinach, Théodore, 1890. Mithridate Eupator, roi de Pont, Paris: Firmin-Didot. Sherwin-White, A.N., 1980. "The Opening of the Mithridatic War," Miscellanea di studi classici in onore di Eugenio Manni, ed. M.J. Fontana, M.T. Piraino, F.P. Rizzo, vol. VI, Rome. Valerius Maximus, Memorable Deeds and Sayings. Further reading Mayor, Adrienne, 2010. The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press. Mithridatic Wars Massacres of ethnic groups Bosporan Kingdom History of Anatolia 88 BC Hellenistic Pontus Ethnic cleansing in Asia Genocides in Asia