Lucullus, Lucius Licinius

Lucullus, Lucius Licinius

(born c. 117—died 57/56 BC) Roman general who served as consul in 74 BC. He fought alongside Sulla and was the only officer to take part in Sulla's march on Rome. After Sulla's death Lucullus maintained his power through intrigue. He commanded the legions that drove Mithradates from Bithynia and Pontus to Armenia and later invaded Armenia and defeated its king, Tigranes. Mutinies prevented his complete victory, and Lucullus was replaced by Pompey, whom he opposed in the Senate. His legendary hedonism and extravagance made the word Lucullan a synonym of “lavish.”

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Lucullus, Lucius Licinius

(110–57 B.C.) gave luxurious banquets. [Rom. Hist.: New Century, 650]

See : Epicureanism

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Lucullus, Lucius Licinius

Born circa 117 B.C.; died circa 56 B.C. Roman general and politician.

Lucullus was a partisan of Sulla and his quaestor in the First Mithridatic War (89-84 B.C.). He became an aedile in 79, praetor in 77, and consul in 74. In 74 to 66, Lucullus commanded the Roman troops in the war against Mithridates VI in the Third Mithridatic War and won significant victories. After his return to Rome, he left politics. Lucullus’ wealth and luxurious life became proverbial (“Lucullian feast”).