MITHRIDATES VI Eupator Dionysos (r. 120-63 BCE), last king of Pontus, the Hellenistic kingdom that emerged in northern Asia Minor in the early years of the 3rd century BCE (PONTUS; CAPPADOCIA.
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(Brian McGing)
July 15, 2009