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Mithridates

Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus

Ascends throne of Pontus in 121 BC.

By 102 BC has conquered shores of Black Sea and established grain trade with Rome.

101 BC Asks Rome for treaty of friendship. Bribes some senators to support him, but Saturninus stirs up plebs against any change.

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