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King of Pontus from 120 to 63 BC
Mithridates or Mithradates VI Eupator sometimes known as Mithridates the Great was the Hellenistic ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus from 120 to 63 BC. He proved to be one of the Roman Republic's most formidable and determined opponents. He sought to dominate Anatolia and the Black Sea region, waging several hard-fought but ultimately unsuccessful wars to break Roman dominion over Asia and the Hellenic world. Wikipedia →
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- Pick up a classic book: The mannerist aestheticThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Mithridates VI Eupator, father of the empirical toxicologyCited 18 times
- Go sideways: Mithridates V EuergetesA closely related topic
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📖 Definitions
Noun plural of mithridate
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Mithridates VI Eupator, father of the empirical toxicology
Mithridates VI Eupator of Pontus and mithridatism
Ariobarzanes, Mithridates, and Sulla
Mithridates II and Antiochos Hierax
Mithridates, the Banner of Ch'ih-Yu, and the Comet Coin
ISAAC IBN Al-Hadib and Flavius Mithridates: The Diffusion of an Iberian Astronomical Tradition in the Late Middle Ages
The New Star of Hipparchus, and the Dates of Birth and Accession of Mithridates
The Meeting Between Marius and Mithridates and the Pontic Policy in Cappadocia
🆕 Influential since 2022
Magic of Aurichalcum: from the First Brass Coins of the Time of Mithridates VI to the Roman Military Belts
Partia During the Time of Mithridates III (58/57-56 B.C.). An Attempt to Reconstruct Historical Events
A grouping of chance coin finds from the time of Mithridates VI Eupator on the territory of the Dnipro Right-Bank Forest-Steppe (in the villages of Moshny, Budysche, and Lozіvok of Cherkasy district, Cherkasy province)
PURSES OF MITHRIDATES’ MERCENARIES FROM THE CIMMERIAN BOSPORUS
Copper Coins from Taulara of Mithridates VI Eupator Times from the Northern Black Sea Region and Eastern European Steppe and Forrest-Steppe
📚 Books worth reading
The mannerist aestheticMichael O'Regan · 1980
Valorizing the BarbariansEric Adler · 2011
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
🔗 Related topics
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