| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 448 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Kill them all, and let the gods sort them out -- A savior is born in a castle by the sea -- Education of a young hero -- The lost boys -- Return of the king -- Storm clouds -- Victory -- Terror -- Battle for Greece -- Killers' kiss -- Living like a king -- Falling star -- Renegade kings -- End game -- In the tower. |
| Summary |
Machiavelli praised his military genius. European royalty sought out his secret elixir against poison. His life inspired Mozart's first opera, while for centuries poets and playwrights recited bloody, romantic tales of his victories, defeats, intrigues, concubines, and mysterious death. But until now no modern historian has recounted the full story of Mithradates, the ruthless king and visionary rebel who challenged the power of Rome in the first century BC. In this richly illustrated book--the first biography of Mithradates in fifty years--Adrienne Mayor combines a storyteller's gifts with th. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus, approximately 132 B.C.-63 B.C.
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Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus, approximately 132 B.C.-63 B.C. |
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Poisoning -- Political aspects -- Rome -- History.
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History, Military. |
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Pontus -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Pontus -- History.
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Rome -- History -- Mithridatic Wars, 88-63 B.C.
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Mediterranean Region -- History, Military.
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Mediterranean Region. |
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Black Sea Region -- History, Military.
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Mithridatic Wars (Rome : 88-63 B.C.) |
| Chronological Term |
88-63 B.C. |
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Black Sea Region. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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History.
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Military history.
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Biographie.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mayor, Adrienne, 1946- Poison king. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009 (DLC) 2009015050 |
| ISBN |
0691126836 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780691126838 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9781400833429 |
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1400833426 |
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1282608207 |
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9781282608207 |
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9786612608209 |
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661260820X |
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9780691126838 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786612608209 |
| Report No. |
JSTOR purchased |
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