Military Threat or Political Tool: An Examination of Mithridates VI Eupator of Pontus as a Threat to the Roman Republic from 88-63 B.C.

This paper is an examination of how much of a military and diplomatic threat Mithridates VI Eupator of Pontus truly posed to the Roman Republic during the Mithridatic Wars from 88-63 BC. This question was posed due to the seeming disconnect between how Mithridates is portrayed in primary sources com...

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Main Author: O'Braitis, Samuel
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2016
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1230
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2329&context=cmc_theses