Mithridates VI and the Pontic Kingdom

by Hojte, Jakob Munk

• ISBN13: 9788779344433
• ISBN10: 8779344437
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-22
• Publisher: David Brown Book Co

Summary

Mithridates VI Eupator, the last king of Pontos, was undoubtedly one of the most prominent figures in the late Hellenistic period. Throughout his long reign (120-63 BC), the political and cultural landscape of Asia Minor and the Black Sea area was reshaped along new lines. The authors present new archaeological research and new interpretations of various aspects of Pontic society and its contacts with the Greek world and its eastern neighbours and investigate the background for the expansion of the Pontic Kingdom that eventually led to the confrontation with Rome.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
The Search for Mithridates. Reception of Mithridates VI between the 15th and the 20th Centuries	p. 15
Hellenisation and Romanisation in Pontos-Bithynia: An Overview	p. 35
The Dynastic History of the Hellenistic Monarchies of Asia Minor According to the Chronography of George Synkellos	p. 47
The First Royal Coinages of Pontos (from Mithridates III to Mithridates V)	p. 63
The Administrative Organisation of the Pontic Kingdom	p. 95
The Rock-tombs of the Pontic Kings in Amaseia (Amasya)	p. 109
The Death and Burial of Mithridates VI	p. 121
Monuments for the King: Royal Presence in the Late HellenisticWorld of Mithridates VI	p. 131
Portraits and Statues of Mithridates VI	p. 145
Mithridates VI Eupator and Iran	p. 163
The Ambitions of Mithridates VI: Hellenistic Kingship and Modern Interpretations	p. 191
Mithridates VI Eupator: Victim or Aggressor?	p. 203
Troy, between Mithridates and Rome	p. 217
The Earliest Application of Brass and "Pure" Copper in the Hellenistic Coinages of Asia Minor and the Northern Black Sea Coast	p. 233
The Religion and Cults of the Pontic Kingdom: Political Aspects	p. 249
Characteristics of the Temple States in Pontos	p. 277
Komana Pontike: A City or a Sanctuary?	p. 289
The Antikythera Shipwreck and Sinope's Culture during theMithridatic Wars	p. 313
Bosporos under the Rule of Mithridates VI Eupator	p. 321
Coin Finds from the Kuru BaÜ Fortified Settlement and Some Questions Concerning the History of Theodosia in the Late 2nd and 1st Centuries BC	p. 329
Indices	p. 353
Contributors	p. 373
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