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tototavros · 22 hours ago

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omg I finally figured out why the mithridatic wars weren't just some random jockeying between tiny Turkish kingdoms

you have laodice, daughter of mithridates v of pontus, who weds ariarthes of cappadocia, who then gets couped by nicomedes of bithynia and laodice marries him and nicomedes' son by another mother, nicomedes (of bithynia) becomes the enemy of the son of mithirdates v of pontus, mithridates vi (of pontus).

#I am simplifying this DRAMATICALLY. you also have ariartheses sons of laodice who make war against their uncle mithridates who is also #trying to get rid of them.#and this is just to explain why nicomedes of bithynia ended up in position to invade the areas near western pontus paphlagonia #(that phrasing of it is Pontic propaganda)#fun fact: nicomedes just doesn't fucking matter during the mithridatic wars beyond the casus belli.

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