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    known as Mithridates the Great. Mithridates is the Greek attestation of the Persian name Mihrdāt, meaning "given by Mithra", the name of the ancient Iranian...
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  • Look up Mithridates in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mithridates /ˌmɪθrɪˈdeɪtiːz/ or Mithradates /ˌmɪθrəˈdeɪtiːz/ (Old Persian 𐎷𐎡𐎰𐎼𐎭𐎠𐎫 Miθradāta)...
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    one of the greatest of his dynasty to ever rule, he was known as Mithridates the Great in antiquity. Mithridates II was crowned king after the abrupt...
    38 KB (4,467 words) - 18:16, 3 February 2024
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    Third Mithridatic War (category 1st century BC in the Roman Republic)
    his wife Laodice. In his will Mithridates V left the kingdom to the joint rule of Laodice, Mithridates VI and Mithridates Chrestus. Both of her sons were...
    37 KB (5,144 words) - 17:06, 10 March 2024
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    ceded an area called "seventy valleys" in the Caspiane to Mithridates II, either as a pledge or because Mithridates II demanded it. Tigranes' daughter Ariazate...
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    Mithridates I (also spelled Mithradates I or Mihrdad I; Parthian: 𐭌𐭄𐭓𐭃𐭕 Mihrdāt), also known as Mithridates I the Great, was king of the Parthian...
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    First Mithridatic War (category 1st century BC in the Roman Republic)
    Following his ascension to the throne of Kingdom of Pontus, Mithridates VI of Pontus focused on expanding his kingdom. Mithridates' neighbors, however, were...
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  • Battle of Zela (67 BC) (category Battles involving the Roman Republic)
    resulted in a stunning Pontic victory and King Mithridates' successful reclamation of his kingdom. Mithridates' victory was short-lived however, as within...
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  • posterity as Pompey the Great) and the forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus. The Romans easily won the battle with few losses. Mithridates fled to Crimea and...
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  • Andromachi) was known well into the 19th century. Mithridate takes its name from its inventor, Mithridates VI, king of the ancient Anatolian Kingdom of Pontus...
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    Battle of Artaxata (category Battles involving the Roman Republic)
    great to replace Lucullus and finish off Mithridates. Pompey was successful, and Mithridates was defeated at the Battle of Lycus in 66 BC, while Tigranes...
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  • Battle of Cabira (category Battles involving the Roman Republic)
    under Mithridates the Great. It was a decisive Roman victory. Rome had already fought two major conflicts with King Mithridates of Pontus; the so called...
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  • Mithridates II of the Bosporus, also known as Mithridates of Pergamon (died 46 BC[citation needed]), was a nobleman from Anatolia. Mithridates was one...
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  • The Kingdom of Pontus)
    to Darius the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty. The kingdom was proclaimed by Mithridates I in 281 BC and lasted until its conquest by the Roman Republic...
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    or Palakus was the king of Crimean Scythia who succeeded his father, Skilurus. Resuming the latter's war against Mithridates the Great, he attempted to...
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  • Mithridates I Ctistes (Greek: Mιθριδάτης Kτίστης; reigned 281–266 BC), also known as Mithridates III of Cius, was a Persian nobleman and the founder (this...
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    Siege of Cyzicus (category Sieges involving the Roman Republic)
    building up his forces when Mithridates invaded. Cotta, not ready to face Mithridates, retreated to Chalcedon, where he had the fleet to his back, and sent...
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  • Thumbnail for Mithridates V Euergetes
    Mithridates or Mithradates V Euergetes (Greek: Μιθριδάτης ὁ εὐεργέτης, which means "Mithridates the benefactor"; died c. 120 BC) was a prince and the...
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    Battle of Chalcedon (74 BC) (category Battles involving the Roman Republic)
    Rome and Mithridates. Its annexation provoked Mithridates, and he invaded the new Roman territory. At the start of the Third Mithridatic War, the Roman consul...
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