MITHRADATES VI EUPATOR
131 BC - 63 BC

PRONOUNCE MITHRADATES EUPATOR

Mithradates, not Mithridates, means Gift of Mithra. Who the heck is Mithra?

Mithradates VI Eupator, also called Mithradates the Great, was the king of Pontus.

And here is a map of Pontus:

PONTUS BEFORE 90 BC
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After waging three Mithradatic Wars against Rome, Mithradates had to flee to the Crimea, his last stronghold. There at Panticapaeum, which is today's Kerch in the Ukraine, one of his slaves assassinated him. The year? 63 B.C.