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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gregarious, post: 2699428, member: 82430&quot;]Mithradates VI ( Eupator Dionysus surname) who is rated up there with Hannibal in Rome. Great king, politician, warrior. i was reading about him in college lit. in the 70&#039;s and just now realized it(one of A.E. Housmans poems). Beat back Romes strongest generals (Mithradatic Wars)&nbsp; Sulla, Lucullus before his armies where finally beaten by Pompeys forces. He practiced what became known as his name, building up a tolerance for poisons by taking them in small doses. So much so that according to legend, when he tried to kill himself, poison had no effect. Julius Caesar, Nero, along with others up to modern times, would come to use Mithridate concoctions as antidotes and preventives from poisons and such.[ATTACH=full]607292[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]607293[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Mithradates IV bronze ca. 100 bc Pontos Amisos</p><p>obverse: crested helmeted head of Ares.</p><p>reverse sheathed sword, monogram with other stuff<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>FEEL FREE TO POST COMMENTS AND PICS PEEPS<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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