Mithridates VI Biography

Mithridates VI biography

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NAME: Mithridates VI
OCCUPATION: General, King
BIRTH DATE: c. 134 BCE
DEATH DATE: c. 63 BCE
PLACE OF BIRTH: Sinop, Turkey
PLACE OF DEATH: Panticapaeum, Ukraine
Nickname: Mithradates the Great

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Mithridates VI (Eupator) was the king of Pontus (in modern-day Turkey) during the 1st and 2nd century BC and an enemy of Rome during the Mithridatic Wars.

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Mithridates VI--known as "the Great"--was born in 134 BC in the city of Sinop (located in modern-day Turkey). He was king of Pontus in northern Anatolia (120–63 ). Under his leadership, Pontus expanded to absorb several of its small neighbours and, briefly, contested Rome's hegemony during the Mithridatic Wars. He died in 63 BC.