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Mithridates VI (Eupator)
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also spelled Mithradates, known as the Great
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[mithridayteez]
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| (?–63 BC)
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| King of Pontus (c.115–63 BC), a Hellenized ruler of Iranian extraction in the Black Sea area, whose attempts to expand his empire over Cappadocia and Bithynia led to a series of wars (the Mithridatic Wars) with Rome (88–66 BC). Though worsted by Sulla (c.86 BC) and Lucullus (72–71 BC), he was not finally defeated until Pompey took over the E command (66 BC). He avoided capture, but later took his own life. |
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