Mithridates or Mithradates VI Eupator (Ancient Greek: Μιθριδάτης; 135–63 BC) sometimes known as Mithridates the Great was the ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia from 120 to 63 BC, and one of the Roman Republic's most formidable and determined opponents. He sought to dominate Asia Minor and the Black Sea region, waging several hard-fought but ultimately unsuccessful wars to break Roman dominion over Asia and the Hellenic world. Following the assassination of his father Mithridates V Euergetes, the teenage Mithridates ascended to the throne under the regency of her mother Laodice VI. In 113 BC he overthrew his mother and ruled alone thereafter.

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