Mithridates, earlier king of Asia
Person
The earlier king Mithridates belongs to the background of the Pontic campaign. His victory against Triarius makes the ground near Zela a site of Roman defeat remembered in the narrative. The account of Mithridates of Pergamum’s upbringing names this other Mithridates as “king of all Asia.” This is an earlier king, not Caesar’s Alexandrian ally; the title is the account’s wording.
Passage-specific disambiguation; see the public identity-rule register.
Editorial evidence: Alexandrian War 72 · Alexandrian War 73 · Alexandrian War 78
Alexandrian War 72
Pseudo-Caesar; authorship disputed
… Encircling this town are many considerable hills, intersected by valleys; and one of these—a very lofty one—which enjoys no little fame in those parts thanks to the victory of Mithridates, and the misfortune of Triarius and defeat of our army, is all but linked to the town by tracks along the higher ground, and is little more than three miles distant from Zela. …
Alexandrian War 73
Pseudo-Caesar; authorship disputed
… The following night he left camp at the fourth watch with all his legions in light order and the heavy baggage left behind in camp, and surprised the enemy at dawn by capturing that very position where Mithridates once fought his successful action against Triarius. …
Alexandrian War 78
Pseudo-Caesar; authorship disputed
… Now Mithridates of Pergamum, whose speedy and successful action in Egypt I have described above, was not merely of royal birth but also of royal training and upbringing; for Mithridates, king of all Asia, had carried him off to cam]) with him from Pergamum on the score of his noble birth when he was quite young, and had kept him there for many years; for which reasons Caesar now appointed him king of Bosphorus, which had formerly been under control of Pharnaces, and, by thus creating a buffer state ruled by a most friendly king, he secured the provinces of the Roman people from barbarian and unfriendly kings. …
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