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Mithridates or Mithradates VI Eupator (Greek: Μιθριδάτης; 135–63 BC) was the ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia from 120 to 63 BC, and one of the Roman Republic's most formidable and determined opponents.
Mithradates VI Eupator (died 63 bce, Panticapaeum [now in Ukraine]) was the king of Pontus in northern Anatolia (120–63 bce ). Under his energetic leadership, Pontus expanded to absorb several of its small neighbours and, briefly, contested Rome ’s hegemony in Asia Minor.
Dec 4, 2017 · Mithridates VI (120-63 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 (247-183 BCE).
MITHRIDATES VI Eupator Dionysos (r. 120-63 BCE), last king of Pontus, the Hellenistic kingdom that emerged in northern Asia Minor in the early years of the 3rd century BCE . He is noted primarily for his opposition to Rome.
Mithridates VI Eupator. Mithridates VI was surnamed Eupator and Dionysus to distinguish him from his father, Mithridates V Euergetes, who had been king of Pontus (northern Turkey) between 152/151 and 120. Euergetes was allied to Rome, which he supported during the Third Punic War (149-146).
May 17, 2016 · Mithridates (spelled also as Mithradates) VI, whose full name is Mithridates VI Eupator Dionysius, was a famous king of Pontus, a Hellenistic kingdom in Asia Minor of Persian origin. Mithridates lived between the 2nd and 1st centuries BC.
Mithradates VI Eupator , (Latin: Born of a Noble Father) known as Mithradates the Great, (died 63 bc, Panticapaeum), King of Pontus (120–63 bc) and enemy of Rome. As a boy he was coruler with his mother from c. 120, then overthrew her to become sole ruler in 115.
Mithridates VI Eupator (120-63 B.C.) was a famous king of Pontus—a region on the Black Sea—who in the last century of the republic long defied the power of Rome. In a series of three wars, fought between the 80s and the 60s B.C., he engaged with such great soldiers of the day as Sulla, Lucullus and Pompey.
Mithridates VI Eupator (135–63 BC) (Greek: Μιθραδάτης) was king of Pontus during the Mithridatic dynasty. The Hellenistic kingdom was based in ancient Anatolia. He is known as Mithridates the Great or Mithridates the Poison king.
While relatively unknown today, Mithradates VI of Pontus inspired fear, romance, courage, and intrigue across the Near East during the first century BCE. Claiming descent from Alexander the Great and Darius of Persia, Mithradates challenged the might of late Republican Rome, creating an empire that stretched from the northern reaches of the ...
