King Mithridates and the Black Sea Empire
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- Today we explore the fascinating life of King Mithridates of Pontus and his Black Sea Empire!
I highly recommend "The Poison King" by Adrienne Mayor for the story of his life. For an overview of the Mithridatic wars, I also recommend this awesome issue of Ancient Warfare Magazine: www.karwansaraypublishers.com...
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Documentary Credits:
Research: Invicta
Script: Invicta
Artwork: Robbie McSweeney
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Narration: Invicta
Editing: Invicta
Music: Total War OST
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"The Poison King" by Adrienne Mayor
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"His plan would involve careful planning" hmm
hahaha that thought did not have much thinking on my part
@@InvictaHistory Now that's a comment filled with commentary!
@@ericconnor8251 *fully filled
I wish the same could be said for many of today's leaders
This is like some sort of grammatical babushka doll!
What I like about Roman history is that it's so long that it outlasts one person's story. The Pontic or the Macedonian empires are known best through one or two people's story but Rome's is the story of hundreds of leaders.
So True I'm talking mainstream:
Persia: (One of My farovite civs)
Cyrus,Darius I,Xerxes,
Akkad:
Sargon
Babylon:
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar II
Assyria:
Ashurbanipal
Greece:
Leonidas
Peracles
Phillip II
Alexandros III (Alexander The Great)
Egypt:
Ramses II
Cleopatra (Macedonian Monarchy)
India:
Ghandi(Revolutionary Leader)
Rome:
Cicero
Julius Caesar
Marcus Antonius (Marc Antony)
Augustus
Caligula
Nero
Marcus Aurelius
Commodus
Deocletian
Constantine
Justinian
That's just political/royal leaders
and mainstream (for the most part)at that. Could go further in depth.
@@HVLLOWS1999 you know egypt is older than rome right like by far
@@HVLLOWS1999 You forgot all pre-Roman empire people like Scipio Africanus, Marius and Sulla, Romulus etc.
Egypt and India have 10s of great leaders/artists'writers that are known to Indian or Egyptian people. On the other hand, an indian or egyptian only heard about Caesar or maybe Neron. You are looking to the history from your(European) side while there are more than a billion people in the world who never heard of Caligula but knows about Samudragupta or Akbar I.
India is a 20th century construct. Never existed before.
Mithridates greatest weakness was his inability to create the same sort of cohesive alliance/client state system the Romans had.
Agreed, he could really have used better allies. But what would have been interesting is if he could have coordinated better with the Roman rebel Sertorius. Apparently Mithridates was sent some Roman officers for advising but these ultimately betrayed him when Sertorius was defeated.
@@InvictaHistory Invicta, can you do a Tigranes II video next? That would be great.
I think the aristocratic feudal system they had also prevented them from sustaining an army. Pontus was a warrior ruled culture that relied on man at arms and mercenaries to build numbers since only the wealthy trained as warriors. Rome’s standardization through the Marian reforms and compensation for completing active service allowed Rome to raise capable legions efficiently.
Lol thats why they were called Parthians, it worked till it didnt
Parthians only used shoot and run tactic with almost unlimited ammo, thats not a regular fight.
I learned a lot about this man while stationed in Sinop, Turkey. The local museum had a good exhibit about him.
I did my final research paper for my history degree on Lucius Cornelius Sulla. I was impressed by what Mithridates accomplished from such a small power base. If Rome had not existed, then Mithridates might have been able to establish an enduring empire. However, he was was also blinded by his own drive for power. And, he challenged Rome at its strongest. Remember, this was just one generation after Rome wiped Carthage from the face of the Earth. And, Carthage was a far stronger and more unified nation than Pontus.
Love Sulla
True, Rome was unstoppable during this period and the fool decided to provoke the Roman beast. The Armenians hadn't even organized, by the time he lost and ran over to Tigranes II, a mustered force of mainly peasants was formed accompanied by some of the best cavalry of the period, and maybe a few thousand at most elite infantry, the Armenian army consisted of almost entirely unprofessionals and peasants.
@fmoa parhia is another story, persia has rough terrain and horse archers, two vital things againts romans
Mithradates is such an underrated guy, too bad the Roman Republic used life haxxs.
i know right
all i play in rome 2 total war is pontus
result Legionaries
He was no match for the might of Rome.
@@hashimbokhamseen7877
even though it's a shitty rendition of pontus with not even half of its actual territory, rome 2 is garbage
This is fascinating for me,as a Pontic Greek.Mithridates for me symbolises the Greco-Persian fusion (despite popular belief,Greeks and Persians didn't fight all the time )The Hellenic heritage in Pontus and Crimea still stands to this day,both in the name of the cities and the ruins found.History is truly fascinating
Can you give me an example of city names with Persian influence
Agree with you Greek influence is huge but what about laz?
Not only crimea
@@isaac1674 Scythia through the eyes of the Hellenes
Skrzhinskaya Marina Vladimirovna
Toponyms - witness to the meeting of the Greeks and Scythians
Even before the emergence of the first colonies, Greek sailors, getting acquainted with Scythia, learned from the local population a number of geographical names that related mainly to seas and rivers. Along with the name Pontus, they heard about Maeotis, whose name meant, as Pliny writes, “Mother of the Sea.”[35] It was assumed that the Black Sea was filled with the waters of the Azov Sea, and from it, through the strait, water flowed into the Mediterranean.
The Hellenes identified the eight largest rivers of Scythia and retained their names in their language, which were derived from Iranian or even more ancient Indo-Aryan roots.[36] Five of them - Ister, Tiras, Hypanis, Borysthenes, Tanais - are definitely identified with the Danube, Dniester, Bug, Dnieper and Don, whose modern names were first recorded by authors of Roman times. The remaining three - Panticapus, Herr and Hypakiris - cannot be accurately identified with modern rivers; this is explained by large hydrological changes over the past two thousand years.
The names of the oldest Greek colonies - Thira, Borisfen and Panticapaeum - come from the names of rivers. This is convincing evidence that local toponyms became known to the Hellenes in the pre-colonization period. After all, the name of the new city-state was given at its founding, previously approved by the oracle of Apollo, the patron god of the colonists. The Milesians received the necessary oracle in their temple of Apollo of Didyma, and the Hellenes living on the Balkan Peninsula received it in Delphi. All the geographical knowledge acquired during voyages in the Mediterranean and Black Seas flocked to the priests of Apollo, and thus the ministers of the cult were aware of the mouths of the largest rivers flowing into Pontus and the lands surrounding them.
@@isaac1674 According to legend, the place for Panticapaeum on the shores of the Cimmerian Bosporus was allocated to the Greeks by the Scythian king Agaet[51]. Thus, from the very beginning, both peoples stipulated zones of influence and regulated the conditions under which the Greek colonies did not interfere with the seasonal movements of nomads across the strait. Its Iranian name Panti-Kapa means “fish path”;[52] it sounds in the name of Panticapaeum, the capital of the Bosporan kingdom. Huge schools of fish passed through the Kerch Strait from the Sea of Azov to the Black Sea and back, so the strait was truly a fishing route.
This video inadvertently solved my long time question about why Pontus uses a flower-like symbol in Rome II TW lol
@Manuel Sacha the star/comet
Time to start a Pontus campaing
Pontian greeks still exist. Proud to be one
John Ser proper Anatolian
@@JohnSer33 Don't Pontians have Persian origin?
I love this video, I'm half Greek and half Persian, like Mithridates the Great.
And it is not something to be proud of to be Eastern because all of them were tribes just together and had no serious culture etc.
@@Thomas-ty5ol Persia/Iran is one of the oldest civilizations in the world. Proud to be half Persian.
@@Thomas-ty5ol And the Persian/Iranian culture is one of the greatest cultures.
@@Thomas-ty5ol one should not comment when you lack brain power mate.
@@SWiftxFuRY Parthians beg to differ
Note that back then they made capes that could be worn even after 300 years...
A cape that is made for the greatest king at the time, would be made with the best quality material at the time
@@MM-vs2et I would like to see how a suit for, say, Donald Trump, would look like after 300 years :D
If McDonald's food has anything to say about preservatives and extreme lasting technology.
@@Kelmorcellus XD
Those folks had it so good, long before some cunning manufacturers came together and gave birth to 'intended obselecence'.
Today's capes are of the same quality and durability as the average dollar store Halloween costume - but cost 10 times as much.
Sigh.
If he had succeeded, the Pontic Empire would probably evolve into a slightly different version of the Byzantine Empire
That's a pretty interesting point. But claiming and holding Greece with Rome so close would have been hard.
@@InvictaHistory Yes. Rome would've gotten its act together and cause a lot of troubles to the new Pontic Empire.
But Rome‘s armies were just too strong at that time, as they were mostly professional. That is in the end why Mithridates lost the war, in almost every battle the Romans were outnumbered but still won the majority of battles like Charonea and Tigranocerta.
@@romaaugustus1694 They were not outnumbered by much, estimates from experts put Lucullus force at at least 60-70k and the Armenian force at 80-90k with most being peasants. Or do you actually believe 40000 legionaries defeated Tigranes 400,000 strong army (Fairytale).
@fattie86 Yeah dude even had his grandson and daughter betray Tigran, his ally, after Tigran saved him from Rome.
I loved playing as Pontus in Europa Barbarorum. The combination of Greek a Persian troops was an interesting dynamic. Also, Ancient Warfare is a great magazine. They put a lot of emphasis on researching even the smallest details in order to more accurately understand history.
It is a bit ironic that the last champion of the Hellenistic world was a dynasty of Persian origin.
Alexlaza at some point yes,but Mithridates was a prince of Persian at time and had Greek ancestry. He claimed descent from Cyrus the Great, the family of Darius the Great, the Regent Antipater, the generals of Alexander the Great as well as the later kings Antigonus I Monophthalmus and Seleucus I Nicator
@@emololasdf5492 cool
@@emololasdf5492 isn't that overstretching things a little bit?
He was Persian from father and Greek, dynasty of Seleucid from mother.
Persians and Greeks had many things in common and many Greek scientists studied in Persia and adopted a lot from them. But we only heared about their conflicts and wars
Hell yeah I love hearing invicta talk about mithridates from his old total war videos to now it always is entertaining and captivating to listen to keep up the amazing work invicta
Your username isn't specific enough because there are many random guys.
Just finished reading this amazing history book about Mithradates's life by Adrienne Mayor...what amazed me the most was that he was one of the first, if not the first to employ nomadic hordes hit and run tactics, even before the Parthians.
One of my favourite books of all time
And like the many people in power, before, during, after, in history and myth, his hubris along with the reinforced belief through omens and prophecy that he was going to be victorious no matter what; the paranoia of betrayal from every direction lead him to betray or be betrayed. This paranoia eventually lead him to try to poison himself, which happened to be his greatest fear. Like Odin and Ragnarok, like Uranus and Cronus (and subsequently Cronus and Zeus), fear of the outcome leads to actions that make the feared outcome happen; they were self-fufilling prophecies. I do find it kind of funny that this guy was so smart, yet had the impression that after a LIFETIME of developing an immunity to toxins, poisons, and venoms that he would think the poison he always kept on him was enough to kill him.
Source: Roman Liars @@JackDaw-cr8dv
I have many subscriptions, but Invicta, BazBattles, Kings and Generals, Historia Civilis, and HistoryDen are by far my favorites, and the only channels for which I stay notified.
You should look into History Time too, it's awesome and lots of it's videos are like 40+ minutes long.
And try out Dan Carlin. He is the king of history. If you don't know who he is then you are missing out on the greatest history podcaster ever
@@JuiceStainded I actually just started noticing that channel a few days ago. I listened to their podcasts on ancient Egypt just yesterday.
@@tanegurnick5071 I will absolutely check them out, too. Thank you.
The nomadic professor check him out bro
When life gives you lemons make sure that you throw them at random people for good luck and runaway like hell.
Thank you for the video Invicta
Jonathan Williams You’re the 10 person to mention Cave Johnson’s lemons
@Henryk Gödel 😂 😂 😂 👍 👍
Who else can't help but always start a new game as Pontus whenever you get back into Rome II?
What is pontus known for? Chariots? Do they have
Exceptional pelthast or is that baktria? I love the iberians personally
@@tanegurnick5071 Pontus have good combination of hellenic and eastern units.. Much like Bactria..
@@tanegurnick5071 they have a really fun starting position, lots of small factions around them so there's so much diversity and possibilities as the game progresses
Ikr. Pontus and Baktria are the two I always go back to for some reason.
@@Sharnoy1 for me they are the best factions in terms of variation of unit rooster..
Omg invicta I love you thank you for delivering the topic I so desperately wanted to see :)
Great content! it's always good finding new videos made by you, thanks.
Top-drawer content, as usual. I have always found Mithridates fascinating when reading about his battles with Rome and of course, his affinity for poison.
This king was certainly an impressive man. I get why he would be so admired. I think I do myself. Nice job.
Yes, he was truly one of the most interesting people in world history.
Thank you for the video! He was amazing!
Thank you for this video I found it particularly interesting because when I served in the US Army I was stationed in sinop, Turkey. Sinop was the home and I believe capital of mithridates as well as several other famous people from antiquity.
thank you for your work, I find it fascinating and well done.
This was amazing once again! :)
I love these videos, history just makes me happy to learn about our past.
Im impressed with these videos. Keep them up!
Mithradetes had a Persian name -Mithra - chosen by mithra the ancient Iranian diety . He was also of Iranic origin but played to the Hellenic origins to solidify his legitimacy in Anatolia which was heavily helenized
He Was Persian
@@zeusthesigma he was albanian
@@stratos8 bruh
@@zeusthesigma facts
@@stratos8 😂😂
Thank you so much for your work, excellent video, excellent. I didn't know this, his character is top quality for a movie.
Ok now this is going to be an epic video!
And even this day Iranians name their children mehrdăd
Modern pronunciation of old persian mithradata,
And mithradates in old Greek
Thanks for this awesome video on an awesome historical figure!
You're awesome. Great Map at 5minutes, can you do some high def links to maps and a more all map videos?
My careful planning to watch all Invicta videos ♥
A fascinating individual. thanks for sharing this unique story.
I love the detail you put into the life of Mithridates. Could you make a video about Pyrrhus of Epirus next?
Kings and Generals is already doing that.
As a Pontic Greek, I approve!
Long live Pontos, the land of heroes!
If I recall correctly, Sulla went to defeat Mithridatus. That was when Marius took control of rome. When Sulla returned to Rome, he was the first roman army to march on Rome.
Thank you for the great video.
I hope more videos on mezo american culture will come! They are really helpful in gathering inspiration for making games and worlds. Good work on the channel!
Welp, now its time to start a Pontus campaing in Total War Rome 2
the poison king is a very good book. i highly recommend it as well
Great videos!
Its 0110 hours after midnight, but Invicta posts a vid, have to watch
you mean 01:10?
Fascinating. The Black Sea region is among the most interesting (and significant) geopolitical regions - then and now.
loved it.. thank you..
Mithridatis. The Greek king of Pontus
Wow, this is really fascinating! I didn't know the full background behind the infamous Poison King.
This does present a great deal of what ifs and the reality of a time of vulnerability of what blanketing thought as a juggernaut of an empire.
Amazing. Thank you
Best days when you see a new invicta video.
I have a friend whose name is Mehrdad i.e. Mithradates in Persian
@non-iranic viewers : _Mithradates_ is in fact the hellenized version of the actual name which (as
Milad Noushinravan mentioned) is " *Mehrdäd* "
And it's Mithat in Turkish ;)
@@TRNATO1 i dont think turkish want to choose the this name its a iranin name
@@mehrdad5767 Persian was the official language for many Turkic empires and has also influenced the Turkish language and aspects of Turkish culture too.
Meh dad, Mehrdad, Mer Dad, Merdah... Hahaha, so many pums in so many languages.
I read about him in the book “The Last King”
You’re the best invicta
How many more Invictas are there?
Great video
Hey Invicta the new T.A.B.S is out for couple of days now and they got some cool troops , all they need is a cool general like you to lead the way
that sure is one eventful span of decades lol. from sulla to caesar. that's alot of the most brilliant men rome has produced
Amazing!!
everytime I watch a video yours I always want to start a new campaign in total war.
As a person who is also fascinated with Mithridates, thanks to the Kings and Generals Documentary, I definitely love and appreciate this video about Mithridates
Glad I could shed some more light on the topic. Definitely check out the book "Poison King" to learn more.
Awesome I can now roleplay with that weird hybrid faction in northern Anatolia now. Would be cool if you did something similar with other R2 factions.
Such an under appreciated historical figure
Finally, now make one on Tigranes II and I'll be happy.
A very overlooked badass.
This channel always help me learn about things I didn’t know about history!
2:43 He's gonna take that horse to the Roman roads, he's gonna ride till he can't no more
It must have been some time now for anyone to still remember this, but why didn't you finish the 4th part of the documentary about the 70 AD siege of Jerusalem?
Xanthos Parashis Yeah! Been waiting for years!
Xanthos Parashis LoL I’ve kinda given up, those series was why I subbed to the channel.
(JERUSALEM) The sacred city of Judaism, and later of Christianity as well. Jerusalem was the very heart of the Jewish world. Its destruction in 70 A.D. ensured the dispersal of the Jews within the Roman Empire, and its rebirth as a Christian center ushered in a new age for the Holy land.
“I shall wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.”
Jerusalem was an ancient city, built, it was said by the Canaanite tribe of the Jebusites. In 1050 B.C. King David captur-
ed it and made it his great capital. The name came from (Hierusaleme), or “Holy
City,” and Jerusalem was, for the Jews, truly sacred. Their kings, including Solomon, lived within its walls until 588, when King Nebuchadnezzar besieged it and wholly enslaved the Jewish nation. Although Cyrus granted in 538 B.C. to the Jews the right to rebuild the city, the next centuries brought new masters and new hardships. Finally, an independence of sorts was gained by Judas Maccabaeus
(167-164 B.C.) and the Hasmonean line of high priests. Internal debate led to civil war in 63 B.C., when the sons of the Hasmonean King Jannaeus Alexander, Aristobulus and Hyrcanus, used Jerusalem as a battleground for surpremacy. Appropriately, given subsequent dealings, Rome’s first introduction to Jerusalem was in a siege.
POMPEY THE GREAT, newly arrived in the region, immediately besieged the city in 63 to end the civil strife. Jerusalem fell and never again would know complete freedom. Hyrcanus was allowed to remain high priest, but within the city the true political force was ANTIPATER OF IDUMAEA, the royal minister who not only achieved personal supremacy in Judaea but also had one son, HEROD THE GREAT, appointed governor of Galilee. This Idumaean won the trust of Julius Caesar and was granted the right to fortify the city walls in circa 47 B.C. Strong walls could not prevent Caesar’s assassin, CASSIUS, from plundering the temple to fund his campaign against Marc ANTONY nor could they keep the Parthians from launching an invasion of Judaea in 40. Jerusalem fell to the Parthians, who placed the Hasmonaean claimant Antigonus on the throne. Herod fled to Rome, returning with Roman legions, and in July of 37 B.C. took back Jerusalem and became the King of the Jews. Just as the entire Judaean realm was given new cities and defensive constructions, so was Jerusalem fortified, including the Tower of Antonia. Relations with Rome were generally cordial at the beginning of Herod’s reign, but deteriorated as he grew repressive and estranged from his people.
The Jews dislike having an Idumaean as a monarch, and riots broke out in the streets. The problems did not end with Herod’s death in 4 B.C., for Augustus named his son Archelaus as ruler of a much reduced kingdom ( JUDAEA, IDUMAEA AND SAMARIA). More unrest and violence, most notably in Jerusalem, attracted Roman attention, and in 6 A.D. Augustus acquiesced to Jewish requests that Archelaus be removed. Henceforth, Judaea was an imperial province.
Caesarea became the administrative seat of the procurator for the province because Jerusalem, with its multitude of religious groups, its volatile nature and long history of violence, was not the best place for a Roman overseer. However, Roman government was unpopular everywhere in the region, and in 66 A.D., despite the presence of legions, Jerusalem was once again the scene of rebellion. The actual conflagration began here, when Gessius Florus, procurator of Judaea, seized part of the temple treasury and then stood by while his troops plundered a part of the city. Florus wisely withdrew, allowing Agrippa II to try to stem the tide. When Jerusalem started a revolution, however, Palestine joined in, and the governor of Syria, Cestius Gallus, with the XII Legion, was defeated outside the city gates. This encouraged the rebels. Jerusalem’s leaders now look command of the war, appointing Ananus, a former high priest, and Joseph, son of Gorion, to be co-leaders. They faced both internal and outside foes, as the ZEALOTS and inveterate haters of Rome took over key posts and filled the city with their followers. General Vespasian pacified most of the territory during a hard-fought period from February 67 to June 68. He was preparing to lay siege to Jerusalem, actually, when the civil war in Rome called a halt to all other activities. The delay in Rome’s conquest of Palestine aided Jerusalem very little, for the ambitious John of Gischala used gangs of Zealots to massacre any moderates or opponents. Matters were made worse by the arrival of two more factions, those of Simon Bar Giora (Bargoia) and Eleazar, son of Simon. Vespasian became emperor in late 69 and in spring of 70, his son TITUS assumed control over the Palestinian legions. Jerusalem soon fell under attack, and the first of the city’s three great walls fell to Rome siege-masters by the end of May. In June, the Romans relentlessly drove on, smashing into the Tower of Antonia and moving against the Great TEMPLE. According to Josephus, Titus was firm against the destruction of the Temple, but he had no control over the disaster. On August 30, 70 A.D. (9 Ab on the Jewish calendar, the date of Nebuchadnezzar’s burning of the earlier Temple), soldiers of Titus’ legions engaged in a struggle with the insurgents just outside of the Temple. One of the Romans, caught up in the fray, threw a firebrand into the building, and a fire broke out; quite probably Titus had ordered the burning. The following day, anyone caught within the boundaries was killed, and the treasury, gates and porticos were also set on fire. All the valuables salvaged from the blaze were confiscated to be displayed in Rome for Titus’ triumph. Still the defenders would not surrender, especially John of Gischala, who fled to the defenses of the Upper City. Titus allowed his troops to sack and demolish the Lower City, and on September 8 launched his final assault. By the 26th, all of Jerusalem was on fire. Titus entered the ruined city a short time later, marveled at the magnificent towers and ordered that everything except the forts be demolished. The wrath of Rome was thus appeased, and the ancient city of Jerusalem was no more.
@@FAMA-18 "Jerusalem fell and never again would know complete freedom" this isn't correct, it knows now
I read that book years ago. It's an excellent read.
I subbed because I'm crazy about history inspecially military history and this vidio fascinated me I also liked the music great vidio and channel
Time to start a new Pontus campaign.
Hahaha true
Dude! Sweet! 👏💪🎯
Great!
A similar Greco-Persian historical figure of great interest is king Antiochus of Commagene (I forget his regnal number)The massive statuary on top of Mount Nimrud in south east Turkey are the remains of his kingdom and yet to be discovered tomb which may be as impressive as that of kng Tut of Egypt.Commagene was a buffer state between Rome and Parthia/Persia and its people were probably related to the Armenians.
He was actualy an Armenian.
@@Virius.Aelius.Barbatus. he was just the king of commagene which was armenian territory he was in fact greco persian by taking a look at his parents,he was in fact related to almost all of alexander's first generation successors antipater,seleucus,lysimachus,ptolemy and antigonus
I find the enemies of Rome almost more fascinating than the “hero’s”.
6:10 perfectly Machiavellian!
Thank you 🌹🌹
Looking back at this video, this time period truely was fascinating.
We all know that most of the achievements and mystical stuff surrounding him probably were made up, but in the core he was still an interesting character.
But what I'm actually amazed of is the huge amount of propaganda surrounding Mithridates. Like they had no social media, no internet, no phones or cars to pass on information quickly, yet we have such fabulous stories surviving time, passing on the story of an impressive king who against all odds used the circumstances of his time to form his own legend.
I often wonder what would've been if such huge historical characters like Mithridates, Alexander, Caesar, had survived longer or would've had the perfect circumstances for whatever they planned. I'm curious how it would've shaped the world we live in. The good old "what if" questions of history.
Thank you
I thought I was watching Kings and Generals, then I remembered I was subbed here.
First time I've heard about anything but the military canpaigns.
This sort of background history is enlightening.
I'm so interested in the Asiatic vespers but there isn't much information about it in the internet. I'd be happy if someone could recommend a book about it, or anything
god i love this channel
Excellent video as always. I love the educational value of these. Especially that you cover topics like this. Many people know Rome, some even know it OK. Not many know Pontus from Parthia, or anything about them.
Awesome
please @invicta can you tell me the name of the soundtrack.. It's sooo beautiful 🥺
For some reason none of these videos are ever suggested to me, have to check out the channel every couple of weeks to catch up.
Mithridates is just a cool dude.
There are three great iranians with Mithridates name two of them which are more familiar in Iran were two great Arsacid (Parthian)kings(Arsaces 6 and Arsaces 9)and the another one which is more familiar to western people is the king of Pontus which was persian,as an Iranian we know very few about him,thanks a lot for making this awsome video.
Mithridates was 3/4 greek and considered himself champion of the greek world
@@georgezaro3802 He was persian not greek
good job. what was the attitude of mithridates to parthia and iranians ?
Do you have any reliable sources for your claims about him at the beginning of this video? I mean specifically about the comet, prophecies, etc.? I am just curious.
I based the video on the book "The Poison King" by Adrienne Mayor. A lot of the stories are recorded by Romans at the time but many are likely heavily mythologized.
Thanks
Consummate research pays off my friend.
This is soooo doooooope
The thought that Julius Caesar was just on his rise when this was in full swing...
Absolutely fascinating and eye-opening two mini docs on Mithridates. Even while simply glossing over the issues. And i never say that lightly.
Asiatic Verspers of 88 BC
One of the first recorded genocides in history.
@Joe Blow it's different if you keep in kind that there weren't as many people back then, although bigger genocides did happen at that time
@Joe Blow The Srebrenica genocide is even smaller isnt it?But it is the intent that matters not the size
@d puski
Two wrongs don't make a right.
@d puski
Don't disagree with you.
Though what they did at Srebrencia was not cool as well as what the opposite side did, not cool. Someone got to be the bigger man and walk away. Easier said than done though.
I'm Hispanic living in USA btw.
There are more than enough proofs for Srebrenica being a one sided massacre on civilians. Please, there is no way to excuse that🙈. I am tired of this poeple excusing genocide because it was against Muslims and then justify it with islamistic terror. That is almost the same Ideology the Christchurch perpetrator had.
FYI his name in Persian language means; given by Mithra (the Lord of Light)
Literal Azor Ahai
@@Captain_Planets No, I am just Persian (Iranian), So I know these words. Another thing you might be interested is in Persian language another name for Mithra(Sun god) is "Mehr" and "Mehrdad" is another popular name in Iran having the same meaning. 🙏🌹