Asiatic Vespers

English Alternative forms en Asian Vespers en Ephesian Vespers en Vespers of 88 BC Etymology Alternative version of a calque of French fr Vèpres éphésiennes Ephesian Vespers, coined 1890 by historian Théodore Reinach by analogy with Sicilian Vespers. Ephesus was one of the towns where the massacre occurred. Proper noun en historical An incident in 88 BCE, in which a coordinated massacre of Roman citizens in various towns in Anatolia was undertaken at the behest of King Mithridates VI of Pontus, which served as casus belli for Rome to instigate the First Mithridatic War. en 1995 Historia (classical antiquity history journal) Historia w:Franz Steiner Verlag https://books.google.com.au/books?id=_CkXAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Asiatic+Vespers%22&dq=%22Asiatic+Vespers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPnL3uzrTjAhUbcCsKHbbHB-0Q6AEIXzAK 34 Long before that year the Romans had had dealings with Mithridates27 but they firmly held to the view that the first of their wars with the king was actually that inaugurated with the Asiatic Vespers and it was to that that they gave the title of First Mithridatic War. Translations massacre of Roman citizens in Anatolia in 88 BCE German: de Vesper von Ephesos f, de asiatische Vesper f, de Blutbefehl von Ephesos m Italian: it Vespri asiatici m Polish: pl nieszpory efeskie nv-p Portuguese: pt Vésperas asiáticas f, pt Vésperas efésias f, pt Vésperas de 88 a.C f Further reading First Mithridatic War Mithridatic Wars Mithridates VI of Pontus