Mithridates VI of Pontus
135 BCE–63 BCE · Sinope, Pontus
Mithridates VI Eupator was king of Pontus, on the southern shore of the Black Sea, from about 120 to 63 BCE, and one of Rome's most determined opponents in the East. He expanded his kingdom across much of Anatolia and the Black Sea region and fought three long wars against Rome, opening the first with a mass killing of Roman and Italian residents in Asia Minor in 88 BCE. Renowned for his ruthlessness, learning, and reputed immunity to poisons, he was ultimately defeated by the Roman generals Sulla, Lucullus, and finally Pompey. Cornered by a revolt led by his own son in 63 BCE, he took his own life.
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Sinope, Pontus
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Mithridates was born at Sinope on the Black Sea coast, the principal city of the Kingdom of Pontus, into its ruling Persian-Hellenistic dynasty.
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