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Focusing on the dynasty’s origins, development, and long-term interactions with surrounding regions, the work traces how Mithridates I’s post-Alexandrian displacement shaped the dynasty’s rise. It then follows the peak under Mithridates VI the Great and the subsequent decline amid increasingly complex Roman involvement, culminating in Rome’s dominance.","EMPIRE OF THE BLACK SEA  \nThe Rise and Fall of the Mithridatic World  \nDuane W. Roller  \n3  \nOxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthersthe University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries.  \nPublished in the United States of America by Oxford University Press  \n198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America.  \n© Oxford University Press 2020  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication maybe reproduced, stored ina retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted bylaw, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above.  \nYou must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nNames: Roller, Duane W., author.  \nTitle: Empire of the Black Sea : the rise and fall of the Mithridatic world / Duane W. Roller.  \nDescription: New York : Oxford University Press, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nIdentifiers: LCCN 2019033327 (print) | LCCN 2019033328 (ebook) | ISBN 9780190887841 (hardback) | ISBN 9780190887865 (epub) | ISBN 9780190887858 | ISBN 9780197500552 Subjects: LCSH: Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus, approximately 132 B.C.–63 B.C. | Pontus—Kings and rulers. | Pontus—History. | Black Sea Region—History. | Rome—History—Mithridatic Wars, 88-63 B.C.  \nClassification: LCC DS156.P8 R65 2020 (print) | LCC DS156.P8 (ebook) | DDC 939/.33—dc23  \nLC record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2019033327](https://lccn.loc.gov/2019033327)[ ](https://lccn.loc.gov/2019033327)LC ebook record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2019033328](https://lccn.loc.gov/2019033328)  \n1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2  \nPrinted by Sheridan Books, Inc., United States of America  \nILLUSTRATIONS  \nMAPs  \n1 Localities mentioned in the text xi  \n2 Pontos during the period of the Mithridatic dynasty xi  \nFIGURes  \n1.1 Sinope, location of ancient town. Shutterstock 111781768. 13  \n1.2 Amaseia. Shutterstock 1087007765. 16  \n1.3 Amaseia, royal tombs. Shutterstock 1143719102. 17  \n4.1 Coin of Mithridates VI with star and crescent: obverse and  \nreverse. American Numismatic Society 1967.152.390. 51  \n4.2 Coin of Pharnakes I: obverse and reverse. British Museum 1872,0709.131. 55  \n4.3 Athens, Middle Stoa. Shutterstock 1184868205. 68  \n4.4 Intaglio, perhaps of Nysa. Bibliotheque National Français  \n1974.1093. 70  \n5.1 Coin of Mithridates IV. American Numismatic Society  \n1097.152.388. 75  \n5.2 Coin of Mithridates IV and Laodike. NumismaticaArs  \nClassica NACAG, Auction 59, Lot 658. 75  \n5.3 View of Delos. Shutterstock 549487042. 78  \nIllUstRAtI ons  \n5.4 Intaglio of Laodike (wife of Mithridates IV). Metropolitan Museum 42.11.26. 79  \n6.1 Head of Mithridates VI. Louvre MA 2321. 98  \n6.2 Head of Mithridates VI. The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Π1860-20. 99  \n8.1 Tigranes II, king of Armenia, vintage engraved illustration.  \nShutterstock 271069871. 126  \n8.2 Drawing of Mithridateion on Delos. 130  \n8.3 Italian coin, possibly of Mithridates VI. British Museum 1860,0328.258. 136  \n12.1 Mithridatum Vase. Getty Museum 90.SC.42.1. 198 12.2 Wall painting of garden of Livia in Villa of Prima Porta.  \nMuseo Nationale Romano. 199  \n12.3 Coin of Mithridates VI with Pegasos: obverse and reverse. American Numismatic Society 1967.152.392. 204  \n13.1 Pantikapaion. 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