Mithridates VI Eupator - Wikipedia Mithridates V was assassinated in about 120 BC in Sinope, poisoned by unknown persons at a lavish banquet which he held [9] He left the kingdom to the joint rule of his widow Laodice VI, and their elder son Mithridates VI, and younger son Mithridates Chrestus
Mithridates VI - World History Encyclopedia Mithridates VI (120 to 63 BCE, also known as Mithradates, Mithradates Eupator Dionysius, Mithridates the Great) was the king of Pontus (modern-day northeastern Turkey) who was regarded by his people as their savior from the oppression of Rome and by the Romans as their most formidable – and hated – enemy since Hannibal Barca (247 to 183 BCE)
Mithradates VI Eupator | Biography, Reign, Facts | Britannica Quick Facts In full: Mithradates VI Eupator Dionysus Byname: Mithradates the Great Mithradates also spelled: Mithridates Died: 63 bce, Panticapaeum [now in Ukraine] Title Office: king (120BC-63BC), Pontus Show More
Mithridates VI of Pontus: The Poison King of Pontus and . . . Mithridates lived between the 2nd and 1st centuries BC He is best known for his conflict with the Roman Republic in the three Mithridatic Wars, in which the Pontic king fought against three prominent Roman generals – Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Lucius Licinius Lucullus, and Gnaeus Pompey Magnus
Who Was Mithridates the Great? - TheCollector Mithridates was born around 135 BCE into a Hellenistic world which had gone through a century of Roman expansion The three great empires which had dominated the eastern Mediterranean, the Seleucids, Antigonid Macedonia, and Ptolemaic Egypt, were either in decline or had been defeated
Mithridates VI Eupator - World History Edu Mithridates VI Eupator, often referred to as Mithridates the Great, ruled the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia from 120 to 63 BC Renowned for his ambition and resistance to Roman domination, Mithridates was both an effective and ruthless ruler
Mithridates I of Parthia - Wikipedia Mithridates was the son of Priapatius, the great-nephew of the first Arsacid king, Arsaces I (r 247–217 BC) Mithridates had several brothers, including Artabanus and his older brother Phraates I, the latter succeeding their father in 176 BC as the Parthian king According to Parthian custom, the reigning ruler had to be succeeded by his own son However, Phraates I broke tradition and
Why King Mithridates VI of Pontus absolutely terrified . . . From his base along the Black Sea, King Mithridates VI of Pontus rose to become one of the most dangerous enemies of the Roman Republic He fought Rome’s most capable generals for more than two decades in what became known as the Mithridatic Wars, but his campaigns scarred the eastern Mediterranean for generations