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MITHRADATES II

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MITHRADATES II . (c. 256-190, according to See also:Meyer, Mithradates II. and III.), a See also:mere See also:child. See also:Early in his reign the Gauls of See also:Galatia invaded his territory. Mithradates was at the See also:battle of See also:Ancyra (c. 241), in which he assisted See also:Antiochus See also:Hierax against his See also:brother Seleucus Callinicus, in spite of the fact that he had married the daughter of the latter with Greater See also:Phrygia as her See also:dowry. His two daughters, both named Laodice, were married, one to Antiochus the See also:Great, the other o his See also:cousin Achaeus, a dynast of See also:Asia See also:Minor. He unsuccessfully attacked See also:Sinope, which was taken by his successor Pharnaces, the brother (not the son) of MITHRADATES III. (169-121), surnamed Philopator, Philadelphus, and Euergeles. According to Meyer, however, there were two See also:kings (Mithradates IV. Philopator and V. Euergetes).

He was the first See also:

king of See also:Pontus to recognize the See also:suzerainty of the See also:Romans, of whom he was a loyal ally. He assisted Attalus II. of See also:Pergamum to resist Prusias II. of See also:Bithynia; furnished a contingent during the Third Punic See also:War; and aided the Romans in obtaining See also:possession of Pergamum, bequeathed to them by Attalus III., but claimed by See also:Aristonicus, a natural son of ' There is much difference of See also:opinion in regard to the kings of Pontus called Mithradates to the See also:accession of Mithradates Eupator. Ed. Meyer reckons five, T. See also:Reinach three. See also:Eumenes II. Both Mithradates and Nicomedes of Bithynia demanded Greater Phrygia in return for their services. It was awarded to Mithradates, but the See also:senate refused to ratify the bargain on the ground of See also:bribery. For several years the kings of Pontus and Bithynia bid against each other, till in 116 Phrygia was declared See also:independent, although in reality it was treated as See also:part of the See also:province of Asia. Mithradates appears to have taken it without waiting for the decision of the senate. He invaded See also:Cappadocia, and married his daughter to the See also:young king, Ariarathes Epiphanes; bought the See also:succession from the last king of See also:Paphlagonia, and obtained a See also:kind of See also:protectorate over Galatia.

He was a great admirer of the Greeks, who called him Euergetes; he removed his See also:

capital from See also:Amasia to Sinope, and bestowed liberal gifts upon the temples of See also:Delos and See also:Athens. At the height of his See also:power he was assassinated by his courtiers during a banquet in his See also:palace at Sinope.

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