Mithridates VI
Pontic poison monarch
Mithridates VI was a king of Pontus (120–63 BCE) who ruled a kingdom on the Black Sea coast of Anatolia.
He fought three wars against Rome and became legendary for immunizing himself against poisons by taking small doses—a practice called mithridatism.
His name appears in references to poison resistance or royal paranoia: He practiced a kind of mithridatism against criticism.
- antidotesAgents reversing toxic effects
- naval powerMilitary dominance at sea
- siege tacticsMethods for capturing fortifications
- pharmacologyStudy of drug actions
- PontusBlack Sea coastal kingdom
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- PontusPontus, Mithridates, Pontic Greeks, Black Sea
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