Ariarathes VI. Epiphanes Philopator
Ariarathes VI. Epiphanes Philopator was between 130 and 116 BC. (Different: 126–111 BC) King of Cappadocia .
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Ariarathes VI., Whose epithet Epiphanes Philopator is attested by an inscription from Delos , was the youngest son of Ariarathes' V and the Nysa of Cappadocia. His fifteen year reign began when he was a child, so actual power was first wielded by his mother. According to Justin , Ariarathes' mother (who is falsely called Laodike by Justin) poisoned his five older brothers in order to maintain power for as long as possible; he himself was deprived of the influence of his mother by relatives, while her mother was later by loyal, the Dynasty loyal citizens had been killed. Apparently there were great disputes in the Cappadocian royal family, which the maternal uncle of Ariarathes, Mithridates V Euergetes of Pontus, took advantage of to occupy Cappadocia on the basis of alleged inheritance rights. This attempt failed because of the intervention of the Romans . Then Mitridates V married Ariarathes to his daughter Laodike . From this marriage Ariarathes had three children, Nysa, the Nicomedes III. Euergetes of Bithynia married, as did Ariarathes VII Philometor and Ariarathes VIII Epiphanes , who succeeded him.
After Ariarathes 'position solidified and it became clear that Pontus' hope of exerting a dominant influence over Cappadocia was not fulfilled, Mithridates VI. , the son of Mithridates' V , murdered his brother-in-law by Gordios , a Cappadocian nobleman. The kingdom was then briefly ruled by Ariarathes' widow Laodike until King Nicomedes III. of Bithynia seized power by marrying Laodice. However, this was soon followed by Mithridates VI. expelled to help Ariarathes VII to the throne. The reign of Ariarathes VI. as with his father, may have been shaped by a further Hellenization of Cappadocia.
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- Justin: Epitome of Pompey Trogus. John Selby Watson (translator); London 1886 (English, tertullian.org ).
literature
- Hatto H. Schmitt, Ernst Vogt: Small Lexicon of Hellenism. Pp. 330-331.
- Michael Henke: Cappadocia in the Hellenistic period. Pp. 74-79.
- John Hazel: Ariarathes VI. In: Who's Who in the Greek World. 1999 (English).
- Barclay Head : Cappadocia. In: ders .: Historia Numorum. 1911 (English; online ).
- Benedikt Niese : Ariarathes 6 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, Col. 819.
- Ariarathes VI. In: William Smith (Ed.): Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . tape 1 : Abaeus – Dysponteus . Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1870, p. 285 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Hatto H. Schmitt, Ernst Vogt: Small Lexicon of Hellenism. P. 330 ( excerpt from Google book search)
- ↑ a b Justin xxxvii. 1 , xxxviii. 1 (English translation).
- ↑ Michael Henke: Cappadocia in Hellenistic times. P. 74 ( No part of the reading sample in the Google book search).
- ↑ Appian , Mithridatius 10 and 12.
- ↑ Michael Henke: Cappadocia in Hellenistic times. P. 76 with the argument that Mithridates himself was only 15 years old at this point in time ( no part of the reading sample in the Google book search)
- ^ Memnon , History of Herakleia 22 (English translation).
- ↑ Michael Henke: Cappadocia in Hellenistic times , p. 75.
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| SURNAME | Ariarathes VI. Epiphanes Philopator |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | King of Cappadocia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC Chr. |