Nov 24, 2021
Mithridates or Mithradates VI
Eupator (Greek: Μιθραδάτης;[2] 135–63
BC) was ruler of the Hellenistic Kingdom of
Pontus in northern Anatolia from 120
to 63 BC, and one of the Roman Republic's
most formidable and determined opponents. He was an effective,
ambitious and ruthless ruler who sought to dominate Asia Minor and
the Black
Sea region, waging several hard-fought but ultimately
unsuccessful wars (the Mithridatic
Wars) to break Roman dominion over Asia and the Hellenic
world.[3] He
has been called the greatest ruler of the Kingdom of
Pontus.[4] After
his death he became known as Mithridates the
Great; due to his affinity for poison he has also been
called "The Poison King".
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