Martin Shkreli has nothing on Mithridates VI. During his reign (120 to 63 B.C.E.), this king of Pontus (located on the southern edge of the Black Sea) worked as a toxicologist in between waging wars ...

In 1745, London doctor William Heberden wrote a scathing essay debunking what others considered the most marvellous of medicines – a peculiar concoction called mithridatum. For almost two millennia, ...

King Mithridates vi of Pontus had been pushing the Roman Republic's limit for years. Finally, a large invasion force of Roman client states gathered enough troops to invade the Pontic Kingdom and ...

After the incredibly successful battle of River Amnias and conquest of Asia Minor, King Mithridates vi of Pontus felt unstoppable. But there was one Roman commander who decided to put a stop to ...

- ancient king of Pontus who expanded his kingdom by defeating the Romans but was later driven out by Pompey (132-63 BC) ...