MITHRADATES VI EUPATOR

died 63 BC, Panticapaeum [now in Ukraine] byname Mithradates The Great king of Pontus in northern Anatolia (12063 BC). Under his energetic leadership, Pontus expanded to absorb several of its small neighbours and, briefly, contested Rome's hegemony in Asia Minor. Additional reading T. Reinach, Mithridate Eupator, roi de Pont (1890; in French), gives a full account and analysis of the historical sources for Mithradates' life. M. Rostovtzeff in the Cambridge Ancient History, vol. 9, ch. 5 (1932), describes the Pontic kingdom, its institutions, and its history; the available evidence derives mainly from Mithradates' own reign. Volume 1 of D. Magie, Roman Rule in Asia Minor (1950), provides a narrative account of Mithradates' reign; vol. 2 consists of critical footnotesan examination of the literary and archaeological evidence. See especially chapters 9, 14, and 15.