| The most tenacious opposition Rome faced in its conquest of Anatolia, and the origin of the concept of immunity through poison (mithridatism).
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Frequently asked questions
- What was Mithradates VI of Pontus: Rome's Greatest Enemy in the East (120–63 BCE)?
- Mithradates VI transformed a small Black Sea kingdom into a regional power; he was said to speak 22 languages and to have taken small daily doses of poison in order to build up immunity (mithridate); he pressed Rome hard in three major wars.
- When did Mithradates VI of Pontus: Rome's Greatest Enemy in the East (120–63 BCE) happen?
- 120 BCE
- Where did Mithradates VI of Pontus: Rome's Greatest Enemy in the East (120–63 BCE) take place?
- Amasya, Türkiye