The ORGANIZATION@1 had allied themselves to the ORGANIZATION@2 and interfered again in NUMBER@1 BCE , following the end of the Third MISC@1 , when general PERSON@1 stayed behind to make the area secure for LOCATION@1 .

After the defeat of Mithridates VI of Pontus , general PERSON@1 -LRB- PERSON@2 the Great -RRB- stayed behind to make the area secure for LOCATION@1 .
