# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gordius-of-cappadocia
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:03:57.068Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gordius-of-cappadocia"
name: "Gordius of Cappadocia"
slug: "gordius-of-cappadocia"
description: "Gordius, a Cappadocian by birth, was a friend and instrument of Mithridates Eupator, king of Pontus, in his attempts to annex Cappadocia to Pontus. Gordius was employed by him, in 116 BC, to murder Ariarathes VI, king of Cappadocia. Gordius was afterwards tutor of a son of Mithridates, whom, after the murder of Ariarathes VII he made king of Cappadocia as Ariarathes IX. Gordius was sent as the envoy of Mithridates to Rome, and afterwards employed by him to engage Tigranes, king of Armenia, to attack Cappadocia, and expel Ariobarzanes I, whom the Romans made king of that country in 93 BC. Sulla restored Ariobarzanes in the following year, and drove Gordius out of Cappadocia. Gordius opposed Lucius Licinius Murena in the Battle of Halys, 82 BC."
tagline: "Cappadocian assassin and ambassador"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "-200"
deathDate: "-100"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.738589333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%A1%E5%B8%95%E5%A4%9A%E7%B4%B0%E4%BA%9E%E7%9A%84%E6%88%88%E8%80%B3%E7%8B%84%E4%BF%84%E6%96%AF"
    title: "卡帕多細亞的戈耳狄俄斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordi"
    title: "Gordi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordios_(Kappadokien)"
    title: "Gordios (Kappadokien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%B4%CE%BF%CE%BA%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Γόρδιος της Καππαδοκίας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordius_of_Cappadocia"
    title: "Gordius of Cappadocia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordio_de_Capadocia"
    title: "Gordio de Capadocia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordios_(Kappadokia)"
    title: "Gordios (Kappadokia)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B3rdio_(general)"
    title: "Górdio (general)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapadokyal%C4%B1_Gordius"
    title: "Kapadokyalı Gordius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%B9_(%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%97)"
    title: "Гордій (регент Каппадокії)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1345109"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump