- Mithradates VI Eupator
- biographical name died 63 B.C. the Great king of Pontus (120-63)
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Mithradates VI Eupator
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Mithradates VI Eupator — known as Mithradates the Great (Latin; Born of a Noble Father) died 63 BC, Panticapaeum King of Pontus (120–63 BC) and enemy of Rome. As a boy he was coruler with his mother from с 120, then overthrew her to become sole ruler in 115. He gradually … Universalium
Mithradātes — (Mithridates), pers. Name, der besonders bei den Königen von Pontos, Parthien und Bosporos oft vorkommt. Am berühmtesten ist M. VI. Eupator oder der Große, König von Pontos, der 131 v. Chr. geboren und zu Sinope, der Hauptstadt des pontischen… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Eupátor — (griech., »von edlem Vater«), Beiname syrischer und pontischer Könige, z. B. Antiochos V. (164–162) und Mithradates d. Gr. (120–63 v. Chr.) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
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Pontus — • The ancient name of the northeastern province of Asia Minor, a long and narrow strip of land in the Black Sea, from which the designation was later transferred to the country. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Pontus Pontus … Catholic encyclopedia
