mithridates in A Sentence

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    Mithridatic War Mithridates VI.

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    Formerly part of the Roman Empire, Commagene and its governor, Mithridates I, declared independence.

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    After losing the Third Mithridatic War, Mithridates VI retreated and prepared to wage a new war against the Romans.

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    Mithridates I of Parthia(r. c. 171-138 BC) greatly expanded the empire by seizing Media and Mesopotamia from the Seleucids.

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    For instance, Mithridates VI, King of Pontius(around 100BC) had a recipe for counteracting certain poisons with the principle ingredient being carrot seeds.

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    Mithridates reasoned that, by drinking the blood of these animals, he could acquire the similar resistance to the snake venom as the animals feeding on the snakes.

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    When Mithridates I died in 64 BC, his son Antiochus I claimed the crown and took his tiny kingdom's independence further, signing treaties with both Rome and the Parthians.

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