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Meaning of "mithridatic"
Mithridatic is an adjective derived from Mithridates, the name of several kings of Pontus in Asia Minor who were known for their attempt to develop immunity against poisons
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- Of or related to mithridates, universally curative against all poisons.
- Of or related to mithridatism, the gradual acquisition of immunity to poison through repeated exposure.
- Synonym of antidote: a treatment which functions like a mithridate.
- Of or pertaining to the dynasty begun by Mithridates I of Pontus or any of its kings named Mithridates, especially Mithridates VI of Pontus, also known as Mithridates the Great.
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These are still called the Mithridatic drugs.
The entire Mithridatic army came to a disconcerted halt.
Varro stated that many prognostications were made in this way concerning the Mithridatic War.
The Mithridatic army lost cohesion as it withdrew and Lucullus destroyed it.
He seems to have departed his province before the Mithridatic War.
It suffered greatly during the Mithridatic Wars but quickly recovered under the dominion of Rome.
Lucullus captured three men there in an ambush during the Third Mithridatic War.
The Second Mithridatic War ends with the status quo.
These were shortly to be tested in the First Mithridatic War with disastrous results.
His paternal grandfather also called Archelaus, the Pontic General who participated in the Mithridatic Wars.
Second Mithridatic war.
Sulla won prosecution of the Mithridatic War.
The so-called Second Mithridatic war ended without any territorial gains by either side.
The battle was part of the Third Mithridatic War.
They were finally freed by the Mithridatic Wars, during which they supported Rome.
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This marked the beginning of the First Mithridatic War.
They were finally freed by the Mithridatic Wars, in which they supported Rome.
This was the immediate cause of the Third Mithridatic War.
Clodius took part in the Third Mithridatic War, under his brother-in-law, Lucullus.
He was lost as a Proquaestor for the remainder of the First Mithridatic War.
In 87 BC it was finally destroyed in the First Mithridatic War and gradually declined further.
Sulla fled the intrigues of Rome to Anatolia, where he commenced the First Mithridatic War.
Sulla 's first target was Athens, ruled by a Mithridatic puppet ; the tyrant Aristion.
This prompted a furious backlash from Mithridates in 89, whose counter-attack began the First Mithridatic War.
In 87 BC it was finally destroyed in the Mithridatic Wars and abandoned.
At times part of Pontus, they became independent again in the Mithridatic Wars.
A series of conflicts known as the Mithridatic Wars followed . [ 5 ].
Mithridates later committed suicide, finally ending the Third Mithridatic War.
In the waters near Rhodos Lucullus ' fleet defeated a Mithridatic contingent.
