Mithridates III of the Bosporus
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Mithridates III of the Bosporus was a king of the Cimmerian Bosporan Kingdom, a Hellenistic state in the Crimea and surrounding regions, ruling during the early Roman Imperial period.
All labels observed (1)
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| Mithridates III of the Bosporus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14220912 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mithridates III of the Bosporus Context triple: [Aspurgus, child, Mithridates III of the Bosporus]
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Mithridates III of Pontus
Mithridates III of Pontus was a Hellenistic monarch of the Black Sea region who ruled the Kingdom of Pontus in the 2nd century BC and helped consolidate its power before the rise of his more famous successor, Mithridates VI.
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B.
Mithridates IV of Pontus
Mithridates IV of Pontus was a Hellenistic king of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia, ruling in the 2nd century BCE and continuing the dynasty that expanded Pontic power around the Black Sea.
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C.
Mithridates II of Pontus
Mithridates II of Pontus was an early Hellenistic king of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia, ruling from the city of Amaseia and helping establish the dynasty later made famous by Mithridates VI.
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D.
Mithridates I of Pontus
Mithridates I of Pontus was an early king of the ancient Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia, known for establishing the dynasty that later produced the powerful ruler Mithridates VI.
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E.
Mithridates VI Eupator
Mithridates VI Eupator was a powerful 1st-century BCE king of Pontus, famed for his fierce resistance to Roman expansion in the Mithridatic Wars and his legendary experiments with poisons and antidotes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mithridates III of the Bosporus Target entity description: Mithridates III of the Bosporus was a king of the Cimmerian Bosporan Kingdom, a Hellenistic state in the Crimea and surrounding regions, ruling during the early Roman Imperial period.
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A.
Mithridates III of Pontus
Mithridates III of Pontus was a Hellenistic monarch of the Black Sea region who ruled the Kingdom of Pontus in the 2nd century BC and helped consolidate its power before the rise of his more famous successor, Mithridates VI.
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B.
Mithridates IV of Pontus
Mithridates IV of Pontus was a Hellenistic king of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia, ruling in the 2nd century BCE and continuing the dynasty that expanded Pontic power around the Black Sea.
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C.
Mithridates II of Pontus
Mithridates II of Pontus was an early Hellenistic king of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia, ruling from the city of Amaseia and helping establish the dynasty later made famous by Mithridates VI.
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D.
Mithridates I of Pontus
Mithridates I of Pontus was an early king of the ancient Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia, known for establishing the dynasty that later produced the powerful ruler Mithridates VI.
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E.
Mithridates VI Eupator
Mithridates VI Eupator was a powerful 1st-century BCE king of Pontus, famed for his fierce resistance to Roman expansion in the Mithridatic Wars and his legendary experiments with poisons and antidotes.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.