Mithridates VI Eupator

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
king
monarch of Pontus
alliedWith Kingdom of Armenia
Tigranes the Great
birthDate circa 135 BCE
causeOfDeath suicide
claimedDescentFrom Alexander the Great
Darius I of Persia
conflict First Mithridatic War
Second Mithridatic War
Third Mithridatic War
controlled Black Sea region
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Pontus
deathDate 63 BCE
deathPlace Kingdom of the Bosporus
Panticapaeum
dynasty Mithridatic dynasty
epithet Dionysus
Eupator
ethnicGroup Anatolian Greek
Persian
failedSuicideMethod poison
father Mithridates V Euergetes
surface form: Mithridates V of Pontus
fullName Mithridates VI Eupator self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mithridates VI Eupator Dionysus
givenName Mithridates VI Eupator self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mithridates
hasConceptNamedAfter mithridatism
hasLegacy symbol of resistance to Rome
methodOfSuicide ordered execution by a bodyguard
mother Laodice VI
nativeLanguage Greek
Persian
notableFor Mithridatic Wars with Rome
surface form: Mithridatic Wars against Rome

creation of a universal antidote (mithridate)
development of mithridatism
experiments with poisons and antidotes
massacre of Romans in Asia Minor
resistance to Roman expansion
opponent Pompey the Great
surface form: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus

Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
surface form: Lucullus

Roman Republic
placeOfBirth Pontus
positionHeld King of Pontus
regnalNumber VI
reignEnd 63 BCE
reignStart circa 120 BCE
religion Hellenistic polytheism
territoryExpandedTo Bithynia
Cappadocia
Colchis
Crimea

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Eupatoria namedAfter Mithridates VI Eupator
Pompey the Great defeated Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Lucius Cornelius Sulla opponent Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Pontus hasRuler Mithridates VI Eupator
Kingdom of Pontus ruler Mithridates VI Eupator
Kingdom of Pontus notableRuler Mithridates VI Eupator
Mithridates VI Eupator fullName Mithridates VI Eupator self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI Eupator Dionysus
Mithridates VI Eupator givenName Mithridates VI Eupator self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mithridates
Kingdom of the Bosporus notableRuler Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Mount Mithridat namedAfter Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Jean Racine notableWork Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridate
Third Mithridatic War opponent Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Third Mithridatic War commander Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Third Mithridatic War keyFigure Mithridates VI Eupator
Third Mithridatic War PonticCommander Mithridates VI Eupator
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Lucius Licinius Lucullus opponent Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Battle of Orchomenus opponent Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Battle of Orchomenus associatedWith Mithridates VI Eupator
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First Mithridatic War conflictBetween Mithridates VI Eupator
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First Mithridatic War belligerent Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
First Mithridatic War commandedBy Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
First Mithridatic War significantCommanderForPontus Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Battle of Chaeronea (First Mithridatic War) opponentOf Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Battle of Chaeronea (First Mithridatic War) opponentRuler Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Mithridatic dynasty notableRuler Mithridates VI Eupator
Mithridatic dynasty lastSignificantRuler Mithridates VI Eupator
Mithridatic Wars with Rome conflictBetween Mithridates VI Eupator
subject surface form: Mithridatic Wars
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Mithridatic Wars with Rome namedAfter Mithridates VI Eupator
subject surface form: Mithridatic Wars
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Mithridatic Wars with Rome belligerent Mithridates VI Eupator
subject surface form: Mithridatic Wars
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Mithridatic Wars with Rome notableCommander Mithridates VI Eupator
subject surface form: Mithridatic Wars
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Nicomedes IV opponent Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Pharnaces I of Pontus relative Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI Eupator of Pontus (descendant)
Pharnaces II of Pontus father Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Pharnaces II of Pontus predecessor Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Mithridates III of Pontus relative Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Mithridates V Euergetes successor Mithridates VI Eupator
Mithridates V Euergetes child Mithridates VI Eupator
Mithridates V Euergetes notableRelative Mithridates VI Eupator
Tigranes the Great allyOf Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Second Mithridatic War foughtBetween Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Second Mithridatic War opponent Mithridates VI Eupator
Second Mithridatic War commanderForPontus Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Northern Black Sea Greek colonies laterRuledBy Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Bosporan Kingdom notableRuler Mithridates VI Eupator
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Eupator usedBy Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Eupator associatedWith Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus
Eupator notableBearer Mithridates VI Eupator
Eupator partOfName Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI Eupator Dionysus
Laodice VI mother Mithridates VI Eupator
Panticapaion laterControlledBy Mithridates VI Eupator
this entity surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus