ASIN: B01DI8IA6Q
Publisher: unknown
Pages: 102
When the Romans defeated Hannibal, ending the Second Punic War, they thought that they had faced their most lethal enemy ever. They were wrong. More than a century later they had to face Mithridates VI in three wars.Mithridates VI of Pontus had it all: amazing wealth, looks, brains, and a kingdom to call his own.He was also seen as a quasi-god by many nations around the Black Sea and by the Greeks, one who would help them get rid of enemies and oppressors such as the Romans.But he also had a cruel streak, and didn’t think twice before torturing and killing anyone who crossed him, including his mother, his wife, and his sons. Mithridates surrounded himself with helpful people: advisers, intellectuals, good generals and soldiers, and even physicians. One of them, Kratevas, “the Joseph Mengele of the ancient world,” helped him perfect a universal antidote against poisoning, all the while ...
