Mithridates - King of Pontus

The Poison King - The Life and Legend of Mithradates, by Adrienne Mayor is an exploration of the life of Rome's deadliest enemy.

Mithridates while still a child developed a reputation that included matricide and a paranoid fear of being poisoned.

Mithridates while still a child developed a reputation that included matricide and a paranoid fear of being poisoned.

Basic information on Mithridates and the portion of A.E. Housman's poem on Mithridates and poison.

Mithridates of Pontus was a thorn in Rome's side for forty years before Pompey earned his title "the Great" by defeating him.

Articles and timelines from this site related to the End of the Republic and the period from the Gracchi through the assassination of Gaius Julius Caesar.

Mithridates of Pontus plagued the Romans, recovered from a defeat at the hand of Sulla, and was defeated again by Lucullus and Pompey.

Map shows the areas involved in the Mithridatic wars.

In "Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs - Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World," Adrienne Mayor does a masterful job of showing how everything modern in the areas of terrorism and warfare has ancient antecedents.