Mithridates VI of Pontus
Ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus from 120 to 63 BC
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Mithridates VI spent nearly six decades defying Rome across Asia Minor and the Black Sea, launching three massive wars he couldn't quite win. His relentless opposition to Roman expansion made him one of antiquity's most visible thorns in Rome's side.
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Mithridates or Mithradates VI Eupator sometimes known as Mithridates the Great was the ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia from 120 to 63 BC, and one of the Roman Republic's most formidable and determined opponents. He sought to dominate Asia Minor and the Black Sea region, waging several hard-fought but ultimately unsuccessful wars to break Roman dominion over Asia and the Hellenic world.
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