LEADER 04849nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910820027203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-60820-7 010 $a9786612608209 010 $a1-4008-3342-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400833429 035 $a(CKB)2520000000006989 035 $a(EBL)537698 035 $a(OCoLC)704257920 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000440918 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11267855 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000440918 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10491116 035 $a(PQKB)11547990 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000592588 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12225434 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000592588 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10736255 035 $a(PQKB)21144881 035 $a(OCoLC)724093535 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36600 035 $a(DE-B1597)446753 035 $a(OCoLC)979632288 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400833429 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL537698 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10364774 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL260820 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC537698 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000006989 100 $a20090408d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe poison king$b[electronic resource] $ethe life and legend of Mithridates, Rome's deadliest enemy /$fAdrienne Mayor 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (479 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-15026-5 311 $a0-691-12683-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tDramatis Personae -- $tTime Line -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Kill Them All, and Let the Gods Sort Them Out -- $t2. A Savior Is Born in a Castle by the Sea -- $t3. Education of a Young Hero -- $t4. The Lost Boys -- $t5. Return of the King -- $t6. Storm Clouds -- $t7. Victory -- $t8. Terror -- $t9. Battle for Greece -- $t10. Killers' Kiss -- $t11. Living Like a King -- $t12. Falling Star -- $t13. Renegade Kings -- $t14. End Game -- $t15. In the Tower -- $tAppendix One: Mythic Hero or Deviant Personality? -- $tAppendix Two: Mithradates' A?erlife in the Arts and Popular Culture -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aMachiavelli praised his military genius. European royalty sought out his secret elixir against poison. His life inspired Mozart's first opera, while for centuries poets and playwrights recited bloody, romantic tales of his victories, defeats, intrigues, concubines, and mysterious death. But until now no modern historian has recounted the full story of Mithradates, the ruthless king and visionary rebel who challenged the power of Rome in the first century BC. In this richly illustrated book--the first biography of Mithradates in fifty years--Adrienne Mayor combines a storyteller's gifts with the most recent archaeological and scientific discoveries to tell the tale of Mithradates as it has never been told before. The Poison King describes a life brimming with spectacle and excitement. Claiming Alexander the Great and Darius of Persia as ancestors, Mithradates inherited a wealthy Black Sea kingdom at age fourteen after his mother poisoned his father. He fled into exile and returned in triumph to become a ruler of superb intelligence and fierce ambition. Hailed as a savior by his followers and feared as a second Hannibal by his enemies, he envisioned a grand Eastern empire to rival Rome. After massacring eighty thousand Roman citizens in 88 BC, he seized Greece and modern-day Turkey. Fighting some of the most spectacular battles in ancient history, he dragged Rome into a long round of wars and threatened to invade Italy itself. His uncanny ability to elude capture and surge back after devastating losses unnerved the Romans, while his mastery of poisons allowed him to foil assassination attempts and eliminate rivals. The Poison King is a gripping account of one of Rome's most relentless but least understood foes.Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions. 606 $aPoisoning$xPolitical aspects$zRome$xHistory 607 $aPontus$xKings and rulers$vBiography 607 $aPontus$xHistory 607 $aRome$xHistory$yMithridatic Wars, 88-63 B.C 607 $aMediterranean Region$xHistory, Military 607 $aBlack Sea Region$xHistory, Military 615 0$aPoisoning$xPolitical aspects$xHistory. 676 $a939.33 700 $aMayor$b Adrienne$f1946-$0476206 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820027203321 996 $aThe poison king$93993396 997 $aUNINA