The Poison King [electronic resource] : the life and legend of Mithradates, Rome's deadliest enemy / Adrienne Mayor.
A new account of one of Rome's most relentless but least understood foes. Claiming Alexander the Great and Darius of Persia as ancestors, Mithradates inherited a wealthy Black Sea kingdom at age fourteen after his mother poisoned his father. He fled into exile and returned in triumph to become a rul...
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
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The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy |
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