TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - The Poison King : the life and legend of Mithridates, Rome's deadliest enemy
A1  - Mayor, Adrienne
LA  - eng
PP  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 2010
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.2194173
AB  - The Poison King describes a life brimming with spectacle and excitement. 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 ruler of superb intelligence and fierce ambition. Hailed as a savior by his followers and feared as a second Hannibal by his enemies, he envisioned a grand Eastern empire to rival Rome. After massacring eighty thousand Roman citizens in 88 BC, he seized Greece and modern-day Turkey. Fighting some of the most spectacular battles in ancient history, he dragged Rome into a long round of wars and threatened to invade Italy itself. His uncanny ability to elude capture and surge back after devastating losses unnerved the Romans, while his mastery of poisons allowed him to foil assassination attempts and eliminate rivals.
SN  - 978-0-691-12683-8 sidottu
KW  - Mithridates : VI Eupator, : King of Pontus.
KW  - 88 eKr.-63 eKr.
KW  - Poisoning : Political aspects : Rome : History.
KW  - antiikki
KW  - elämäkerrat
KW  - kuninkaat
KW  - myrkytykset
KW  - politiikka
KW  - sodat
KW  - Black Sea Region : History, Military.
KW  - Mediterranean Region : History, Military.
KW  - Pontus : History.
KW  - Pontus : Kings and rulers : Biography.
KW  - Rome : History : Mithridatic Wars, 88-63 B.C.
KW  - Rooman valtakunta
KW  - Pontos
ER  -