Mithridates III. (Pontus)

Tetradrachm Mithridates' III.

Mithridates III. was the fourth king of Pontus and ruled from about 220 to about 185 BC. Chr.

The rule of Mithridates III, not mentioned in the classical literary sources. was deduced from a comment by the biographer Plutarch and the historian Appian about the number of Pontic kings. The reign is only passed down through coins. There are scientists who suspect that he was identical to Mithridates II (Pontus) . However, this would have made the reign of the second Mithridates extraordinarily long.

Mithridates III. was the first king of Pontus to have coins minted with his portrait. It is not certain whether he or the previous king Mithridates II made a futile attempt to capture Sinope (220 BC).

literature

• Jakob Munk Højte (Ed.): Mithridates VI and the Pontic Kingdom. Aarhus University Press, Århus 2009, ISBN 978-87-793-4443-3 .
• Fritz Geyer : Mithridates 9 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XV, 2, Stuttgart 1932, Col. 2161 - {{{SE}}}.
• Georgy Kantor: Mithridates III . The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Volume VIII, p. 4545, Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2013. ISBN 978-1-4051-7935-5 .
• Mithradates [3]. In: Der Neue Pauly , Vol. 8, Col. 277 f.

Remarks

1. ↑ Plutarch , Demetrios 4,4; Appian , Mithridatic Wars 9; 112; see. Justin 38,5,3.
2. ↑ The First Royal Coinages of Pontos (from Mithridates III to Mithridates V) . François de Callataÿ, in Mithridates VI and the Pontic Kingdom . Aarhus University Press, pp. 63-94, Århus 2009.
3. ↑ Mithridates III. Georgy Kantor, The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Volume VIII, p. 4545, Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2013.
4. ↑ Polybios 4:56.

predecessor	Office	successor
Mithridates II	King of Pontus 220-185 BC Chr.	Pharnakes I.