Mithridates I of Pontus

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Mithridates I of Pontus
Mithridates III of Cius
Basileus
King of Pontus
Reign281 BC - 266 BC
Predecessor(Creator of Title)
SuccessorAriobarzanes of Pontus
Ruler of Cius
PredecessorMithridates II of Cius
SuccessorNone
BornMid 330s BC
Died266 BC
IssueAriobarzanes of Pontus
DynastyMithridatic
FatherMithridates II of Cius
Military career
AllegianceKingdom of Pontus
RankBasileus
Battles/wars
  • Conflict with Ptolemaic Egypt

Mithridates I Ctistes (

founder (this is the meaning of the word Ctistes, literally Builder) of the Kingdom of Pontus in Anatolia.[2][3]

Mithridates is said to have been of the same age as

Ptolemy, king of Ptolemaic Egypt.[8] These are the recorded events of his reign, which lasted for thirty-six years.[9] He was succeeded by his son Ariobarzanes. He seems to have been buried in a royal grave near the kingdom's capital, Amasia. Next to him would be buried all the kings of Pontus until the fall of Sinope
in 183 BC.

According to

Mithridates Eupator. However, this point is controversial since Plutarch[6]
writes that eight generations of kings of Pontus stemmed from him before Roman subjection.

Notes

References


 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Mithridates". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. p. 1095.

Preceded by
King of Pontus

281–266 BC
Succeeded by