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Mithridates VI Eupator

ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus from 120 to 63 BC

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Also written as Mithradates VI Eupator, Mithridates VI, Mithridates VI of Pontus in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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2nd century BC

  • 135 BCEMithridates VI, king of Pontus (d. 63 BC)source
  • 131 BCEMithridates VI Eupator – king of Pontus (c.120-63 BC)source
  • 120 BCEMithridates VI Eupator becomes king of Pontus.source
  • 107 BCEThe uprising of Saumachus against Mithridates VI in the Bosporan Kingdom.source
  • 106 BCENicomedes III of Bithynia and Mithridates VI of Pontus share their dominion over Paphlagonia.source

1st century BC

  • 97 BCEAriarathes VIII is forced out of Cappadocia by Mithridates, and dies soon afterwards.source
  • 90 BCENicomedes IV of Bithynia is defeated in battle by a coalition of Nicomedes' brother Socrates, and Mithridates VI of Pontus. Nicomedes flees to Rome.source
  • 89 BCEMithridates VI of Pontus invades Bithynia and Cappadocia, thus beginning the First Mithridatic War.source
  • 88 BCEMay – King Mithridates VI of Pontus invades Greece. Defeating the Roman forces four times in succession, he conquers Bithynia, Phrygia, Mysia, Lycia, Pamphylia, Ionia and Cappadocia. The Roman province of Asia is dismantled. On the king's orders, the local authorities in every city of the province round up and put to death all resident Italians in a single day (App.Mith.§§85–91). Plutarch (Sulla 24.4) says that 150,000 are killed, other sources calculate a figure of 80,000 people.source
  • 83 BCELucius Licinius Murena, the Roman governor of Asia, clashes with the Pontic forces of Mithridates VI, starting the Second Mithridatic War.source
  • 75 BCEThird Mithridatic War: Marcus Aurelius Cotta is defeated by Mithridates in the Battle of Chalcedon.source
  • 75 BCENicomedes IV of Bithynia bequeaths his kingdom to Rome on his death (75/4 BC). Angered by the arrangement, Mithridates VI of Pontus declares war on Rome and invades Bithynia, Cappadocia and Paphlagonia, thus starting the Third Mithridatic War.source
  • 74 BCEThird Mithridatic War: Battle of Cyzicus: Roman forces under Lucius Lucullus defeat the forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus.source
  • 72 BCEBattle of Cabira: Lucius Lucullus defeats King Mithridates VI and overruns Pontus. Mithridates flees to Armenia, ruled by his son-in-law Tigranes, who refuses to turn his father-in-law in to Lucius Lucullus.source
  • 67 BCEPompey takes over the command of Lucius Licinius Lucullus in the war against Mithridates VI of Pontus, and reaps the fruit of the latter's victories.source
  • 66 BCEThe alliance between Mithridates VI of Pontus and Tigranes II of Armenia is broken.source
  • 65 BCEXiphares, son of Mithridates VI (b. c. 85 BC)source
  • 64 BCEPompey destroys the kingdom of Pontus; king Mithridates VI commits suicide after escaping to the Crimea.source
  • 63 BCEMithridates VI, King of Pontus (b. 135 BC)source

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