Mithridates III of Pontus
Mithridates III | |
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Amisos. The reverse portrays Athena. | |
King of Pontus | |
Reign | c. 210 BC – c. 190 BC |
Predecessor | Mithridates II of Pontus |
Successor | Pharnaces I of Pontus |
Spouse | Laodice of Seleucids |
Issue | Pharnaces I of Pontus Mithridates IV of Pontus Laodice (sister-wife of Mithridates IV of Pontus) |
Dynasty | Mithridatic dynasty |
Father | Mithridates II of Pontus |
Mother | Laodice (daughter of Antiochus II Theos) |
Mithridates III (
Mithridates VI of Pontus as the eighth king of the dynasty and the sixth of the name.[1] Mithridates married an obscure Seleucid princess called Laodice.[2][3] By this wife, he had three children: Mithridates IV of Pontus,[4] Pharnaces I of Pontus[5] and Laodice.[4]
References
- Hazel, John. Who's Who in the Greek World. "Mithridates III", 2003.
- M. Getzel, Hellenistic settlements in Europe, the islands and Asia Minor, Cohen University of California Press, 1995
- J.D. Grainger, A Seleukid prosopography and gazetteer, BRILL 1997
- The First Royal Coinage of Pontos (from Mithridates III to Mithridates V), Francois de Callatay
Notes
- ^ Appian, The Foreign Wars, "The Mithridatic war", 9 Archived 2009-08-21 at the Wayback Machine, 112
- ^ Getzel, Hellenistic settlements in Europe, the islands and Asia Minor p. 387
- ^ Grainger, A Seleukid prosopography and gazetteer p.50
- ^ a b Callatay, The First Royal Coinage of Pontos (from Mithridates III to Mithridates V) p.21
- ^ Justin, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus xxxviii