"Mithridates the Great" redirects here. For the Parthian king who reigned from 165 BC to 132 BC, see Mithridates I of Parthia. For the Parthian king who reigned from 124 to 91 BC, see Mithridates II of Parthia. For other uses of the name, see Mithridates.
Mithridates VI
King of Pontus[1]
Coin of Mithridates
King of Pontus
Reign
120–63 BC
Predecessor
Mithridates V Euergetes
Successor
Pharnaces II of Pontus
Born
135 BC Sinope, Kingdom of Pontus (modern-day Sinop, Turkey)
Died
63 BC (aged 71–72) Panticapaeum, Kingdom of Pontus (modern-day Kerch, Crimea)
Burial
either Sinope or Amaseia, Kingdom of Pontus (modern-day Sinop or Amasya, Turkey)
Spouse
Laodice
Monime
Berenice of Chios
Stratonice of Pontus
Unnamed fifth wife
Hypsicratea
Issue Detail
Mithridates of Colchis
Arcathius
Machares
Pharnaces II of Pontus
Cleopatra of Pontus
Drypetina
Athenais
Xiphares
(illeg.) Mithridates I of the Bosporus
(illeg.) Adobogiona the Younger
(illeg.) Ariarathes IX of Cappadocia
(illeg.) Orsabaris
Names
Mithradates Eupator Dionysus
Dynasty
Mithridatic
Father
Mithridates V Euergetes
Mother
Laodice VI
Mithridates or Mithradates VI Eupator (Greek: Μιθριδάτης;[2] 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. 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] He cultivated an immunity to poisons by regularly ingesting sub-lethal doses; this practice, now called mithridatism, is named after him. After his death, he became known as Mithridates the Great.
^The spelling "Mithridates" was the Roman Latin version, but "Mithradates", the spelling used in Greek inscriptions and Mithridates' own coins, is regaining precedence, see e.g. Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3d ed.
^"Mithradates VI Eupator", Encyclopædia Britannica
^Hewsen, Robert H. (2009). "Armenians on the Black Sea: The Province of Trebizond". In Richard G. Hovannisian (ed.). Armenian Pontus: The Trebizond-Black Sea Communities. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, Inc. pp. 41, 37–66. ISBN 978-1-56859-155-1.
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