Mithridates VI of Pontus facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mithridates VI
King of Kings
Mithridates VI from the Musée du Louvre
King of Pontus
Reign	120–63 BC
Predecessor	Mithridates V of Pontus
Successor	Pharnaces II of Pontus
Born	135 BC Sinope, Kingdom of Pontus
Died	63 BC
Burial	either Sinope or Amaseia
Spouse	Laodice Monime Berenice of Chios Stratonice of Pontus Unnamed fifth wife Hypsicratea
Issue	Mithridates of Colchis Arcathius Machares Pharnaces II of Pontus Cleopatra of Pontus Drypetina Athenais Xiphares (illeg.) Mithridates I of the Bosporus (illeg.) Adobogiona the Younger (illeg.) Ariarathes IX of Cappadocia (illeg.) Orsabaris
Full name Mithridates VI Eupator Dionysius of Pontus
House	Mithridatic
Father	Mithridates V of Pontus
Mother	Laodice VI

Mithridates VI or Mithradates VI (135–63 BC), also known as Mithradates the Great (Megas) and Eupator Dionysius, was king of Pontus and Armenia Minor in northern Anatolia (now Turkey) from about 120–63 BC. Mithridates is remembered as one of the Roman Republic’s most formidable and successful enemies, who engaged three of the prominent generals from the late Roman Republic in the Mithridatic Wars: Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Lucius Licinius Lucullus and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. He has been called the greatest ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus.

Images for kids

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  Map of the Kingdom of Pontus before the reign of Mithridates VI (dark purple), after his conquests (purple), and after his conquests in the First Mithridatic War (pink), including Pontus' ally the Kingdom of Armenia (green).

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  First Mithridatic War, 87–86 BC

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  A coin depicting Mithridates VI

See also

In Spanish: Mitrídates VI para niños