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Definition of Mithridates vi
1. Noun. Ancient king of Pontus who expanded his kingdom by defeating the Romans but was later driven out by Pompey (132-63 BC).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mithridates Vi
Literary usage of Mithridates vi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ancient World from the Earliest Times to 800 A.D. by Willis Mason West (1913)
"Now, Mithridates VI, king of Pontus, suddenly seized the Roman province of "
Asia" (Asia Minor). The people hailed him as a deliverer, and joined him ..."
2. Lectures on the History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Fall of the by Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1849)
"... Mithridates VI., justly surnamed the Great, who was yet under age; and the
Romans, we know not why, unceremoniously took Great Phrygia from him.5 But ..."
3. Lectures on the History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Fall of the by Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1849)
"... Mithridates VI., justly surnamed the Great, who was yet under age; and the
Romans, we know not why, unceremoniously took Great Phrygia from him.5 But ..."
4. The Decline of the Roman Republic by George Long (1866)
"mithridates vi. EUPATOR, KING OF PONTUS. MITHRIDATES EUPATOR ', says Strabo,
possessed the country bounded (on the west) by the river Halys and extending ..."
5. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"102 He unites with Mithridates VI of Pontus in the conquest of the vacant throne
of 96 ... 90 Mithridates VI of Pontus drives Nicomedes from his throne. ..."
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