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Mithridates VI, King of Pontus (135 BC - 63 BC)

King of Pontus who fought against the Roman Republic in the three Mithridatic Wars. Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithridates_VI_Eupator Relationships: Lucius Cornelius Sulla (138 BC-78 BC) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Mithridates VI
Tigranes II (the Great) (c. 140 BC-56 BC) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Mithridates VI
References in Documents:
Musaeum Clausum (1684)

14. King Mithridates his Oneirocritica. Aristotle de Precationibus. Democritus de his quæ fiunt apud Orcum, & Oceani circumnavigatio. A defence of Arnoldus de Villa Nova, whom the learned Postellus conceived to be the author of De Tribus Impostoribus. Epicurus de Pietate. A Tragedy of Thyestes, and another of Medea, writ by Diogenes the Cynick. King 199 Tract XIII. Bibliotheca Abscondita King Alfred upon Aristotle de Plantis. Seneca's Epistles to S. Paul. King Solomon de Umbris Idæarum, which Chicus Asculanus, in his Comment upon Johannes de Sacrobosco, would make us believe he saw in the Library of the Duke of Bavaria.

Musaeum Clausum (1684)

1. Certain ancient Medals with Greek and Roman Inscriptions, found about Crim Tartary; conceived to be left in those parts by the Souldiers of Mithridates, when overcome by Pompey, he marched round about the North of the Euxine to come about into Thracia.

Grew, Musaeum Regalis (1685)

A PEBBLE of kin to the Onyx. 'Tis round or globous, and on the two opposite sides, a little prominent. About an inch in Diametre. The outer Shell, yellowish; the middlemost, red; both opacous. The intimate Part, diaphanous, and of the colour of a glowing Coal. It seemeth to me, That as some Pebbles, so many more Flints, are a sort of ONYX. The Onyx, amongst other things, is used for the making of Cups; of which, King Mithridates is said to have had two Thousand. Sometimes so big, as to serve for Statues. At Rome, in the Basilica of St. Peter, there are (or were in Boetius's time) six little Onychine Columns. (a)(a) Boet. lib. 2. de Gem. & L. They grow both in the East and West-Indies, and in Europe.

Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) Mithridates.
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) Mithridates.