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Mithridates --- Rome --- History --- Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus --- -Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus --- -Mithridates --- Mithradatēs, --- Mithradates --- Mithridates, --- Mithridatos --- Mitridat Evpator, --- Mitridate Eupatore, --- Mitridate --- Mitrydat --- Pontus --- Mithridates - VI Eupator, - King of Pontus, - approximately 132 BC-63 BC --- Rome - History - Mithridatic Wars, 88-63 BC
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This book is about the clash of the Hellenistic world with the Romans, about a late Hellenistic king, a dominant figure of the first century B.C., who refused to accept his inclusion in the Roman sphere of control, and attempted to assert his political independence. A subsidiary theme is the espousal of hellenism by a non-Greek dynasty. The work examines first the early history of Pontus, and then analyses carefully the events of Mithridates Eupator's reign for what they reveal of his foreign policy. Attention is focused on diplomacy, strategy, propaganda, support, rather than on military details. There is no substantial study of Mithridates in English, and really only one in any language - Reinach's famous work of 1890. Since then, new inscriptions and coins have come to light, new methods and approaches devised. This book is intended as a contribution to the filling of a large scholarly gap.
Ancient history --- Turkey --- Mithridates --- Rome --- History --- Foreign relations --- Histoire --- Relations extérieures --- Political and social views --- Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus --- -Political and social views --- -Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus --- -Ancient history --- -Mithridates --- Relations extérieures --- Mithradatēs, --- Mithradates --- Mithridates, --- Mithridatos --- Mitridat Evpator, --- Mitridate Eupatore, --- Mitridate --- Mitrydat --- Political and social views. --- Pontus --- Mithridates VI Eupator --- Mithridatic Wars (Rome : 88-63 B.C.) --- 88-63 B.C --- Rome (Empire) --- Rim --- Roman Empire --- Roman Republic --- Romi (Empire) --- Byzantine Empire --- Italy --- Mithridate VI Eupator, dit le Grand --- Mithridates - VI Eupator, - King of Pontus, - approximately 132 BC-63 BC - Political and social views --- Rome - History - Mithridatic Wars, 88-63 BC --- Political and social views of a person --- Mithridates - VI Eupator, - King of Pontus, - approximately 132 BC-63 BC
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Machiavelli praised his military genius. European royalty sought out his secret elixir against poison. His life inspired Mozart's first opera, while for centuries poets and playwrights recited bloody, romantic tales of his victories, defeats, intrigues, concubines, and mysterious death. But until now no modern historian has recounted the full story of Mithradates, the ruthless king and visionary rebel who challenged the power of Rome in the first century BC. In this richly illustrated book--the first biography of Mithradates in fifty years--Adrienne Mayor combines a storyteller's gifts with the most recent archaeological and scientific discoveries to tell the tale of Mithradates as it has never been told before. The Poison King describes a life brimming with spectacle and excitement. Claiming Alexander the Great and Darius of Persia as ancestors, Mithradates inherited a wealthy Black Sea kingdom at age fourteen after his mother poisoned his father. He fled into exile and returned in triumph to become a ruler of superb intelligence and fierce ambition. Hailed as a savior by his followers and feared as a second Hannibal by his enemies, he envisioned a grand Eastern empire to rival Rome. After massacring eighty thousand Roman citizens in 88 BC, he seized Greece and modern-day Turkey. Fighting some of the most spectacular battles in ancient history, he dragged Rome into a long round of wars and threatened to invade Italy itself. His uncanny ability to elude capture and surge back after devastating losses unnerved the Romans, while his mastery of poisons allowed him to foil assassination attempts and eliminate rivals. The Poison King is a gripping account of one of Rome's most relentless but least understood foes.Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.
Poisoning --- Empoisonnement --- Political aspects --- Aspect politique --- Mithridates --- Pontus --- Rome --- Mediterranean Region --- Black Sea Region --- Pont (Région ancienne) --- Méditerranée, Région de la --- Noire, Région de la mer --- Kings and rulers --- Biography --- History. --- History --- History, Military. --- Rois et souverains --- Biographies --- Histoire --- Histoire militaire --- Empoisonnement (Droit pénal) --- Mithridate --- Pont (Région ancienne) --- Méditerranée, Région de la --- Noire, Région de la mer --- History, Military --- Toxicological emergencies --- Toxicology --- Political aspects&delete& --- Mithradatēs, --- Mithradates --- Mithridates, --- Mithridatos --- Mitridat Evpator, --- Mitridate Eupatore, --- Mitridate --- Mitrydat --- Circum-Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Area --- Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Sea Region --- Poisoning - Political aspects - Rome - History --- Empoisonnement (Droit pénal) - Aspect politique - Rome - Histoire --- Rois et souverains - Pont (Région ancienne) - Biographies --- Mithridates - VI Eupator, - King of Pontus, - ca. 132-63 B.C. --- Mithridate - VI Eupator, - roi du Pont, - ca 132-63 av. J.-C. --- Pontus - Kings and rulers - Biography --- Pontus - History --- Rome - History - Mithridatic Wars, 88-63 B.C. --- Black Sea Region - History, Military --- Mediterranean Region - History, Military --- Pont (Région ancienne) - Histoire --- Rome - Histoire - 88-63 av. J.-C. (Guerres contre Mithridate) --- Méditerranée, Région de la - Histoire militaire --- Noire, Région de la mer - Histoire militaire --- Mithridate (roi du Pont ; 0132?-0063 av. J.-C.) --- Intoxication --- Méditerranée (région) --- Mer Noire (région) --- Antiquité --- Biography.
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