Mithridates I of Pontus
| Mithridates I of Pontus Mithridates III of Cius | |
|---|---|
| Basileus | |
| King of Pontus | |
| Reign | 281 BC - 266 BC |
| Predecessor | (Creator of Title) |
| Successor | Ariobarzanes of Pontus |
| Ruler of Cius | |
| Predecessor | Mithridates II of Cius |
| Successor | None |
| Born | Mid 330s BC |
| Died | 266 BC |
| Issue | Ariobarzanes of Pontus |
| Dynasty | Mithridatic |
| Father | Mithridates II of Cius |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Pontus |
| Rank | Basileus |
| Battles / wars |
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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
writes that eight generations of kings of Pontus stemmed from him before Roman subjection.Notes
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Mithridates III of Cius fled to Paphlagonia after his father was killed by Antigonus and after he defeated certain Seleucid forces. In 281 BCE he became the first king of the Pontic dynasty and thus acquired the name "Ktistes", founder.
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In 302 Mithridates II fell under suspicion of conspiring with Cassander against Antigonus and was killed near Cius. His son Mithridates III of Cius inherited the dynasty, but was warned by his friend Demetrius that he too was in danger from Antigonus and fled to Paphlagonia. Here he ruled for thirty six years (302-266) at some stage proclaiming himself Mithridates Ctistes, founder of the kingdom of Pontus and the line of Pontic kings.
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A Persian nobleman named Mithridates "the Founder" established himself as king of Pontus during the late fourth century B.C.
- ^ Appian, Mithridatic Wars 2.9
- ^ Strabo Geography 12.3
- ^ a b Plutarch, Lives, "Demetrius", 4
- ^ Memnon, History of Heraclea, 7
- Ancyra
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Histoire Universelle, xx. 111, pag. 457
- ^ Appian, Mithridatic Wars 112
References
- Appian, The foreign wars, Horace White (translator), New York City, (1899)
- Hazel, John; Who's Who in the Greek World, "Mithridates I" (1999)
- Memnon, History of Heracleia, Andrew Smith (translator), (2004)
- Plutarch, Parallel Lives, "Demetrius", John & William Langhorne (translator), (1770)
- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Mithridates III"[usurped], Boston, (1867)
- Strabo, Geography, H. C. Hamilton & W. Falconer (translators), London, (1903)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Mithridates". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. p. 1095.