The Poison King: Rome's Deadliest Enemy

In about 120 BC, Mithradates VI Eupator the Great, king of Pontus, inherited a small but wealthy kingdom on the Black Sea (northeastern Turkey). Mithradates (Mith-ra-DAY-tees) is a Persian name meaning "sent by Mithra," the ancient Iranian Sun god. As a descendant of Persian royalty and of Alexander the Great, Mithradates saw himself bridging East and West and as the defender of the East against Roman domination. A complex leader of superb intelligence and fierce ambition, Mithradates boldly challenged the late Roman Republic, first with a shocking massacre and then in a series of wars that lasted nearly forty years.

THE POISON KING:

ROME'S DEADLIEST ENEMY

By Adrienne Mayor

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