Here are just some of the facts that are definitely worth knowing about this legendary ruler:
– Mithridates VI (born in 134 BC), whose ancestors were representatives of the most noble Greek and Persian families, is known as the greatest ruler of the Pontic kingdom
– He was attributed kinship with Alexander the Great and Cyrus the Great
– Mithridates successfully resisted Rome for over 40 years, waging three military campaigns (known as the Mithridatic Wars), and in turn challenging the three outstanding generals of Rome – Sulla, Lucullus and Pompey
– King Mithridates was the first known in history polyglot, who knew at least 20 languages. It is not surprising that the first editions with parallel texts in several languages were called “Mithridates”
– Contemporaries believed that King Mithridates managed to develop immunity to poisons. Addiction to poisons in modern toxicology is still called “mitridatism”
– Mithridates succeeded in creating the second largest Hellenistic empire after Alexander the Great
– After the annexation of Crimea to Russia in 1783, by decree of Catherine II in honor of Tsar Mithridates VI Evpator Dionysius, the city of Gezlev was renamed to Evpatoria
– Depending on the point of view, Mithridates was considered either a hero or a villain, but he was and remains one of the legendary rulers of the past and a liberator, who courageously fought against the enemies of his people until his last breath
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