The Poison King : The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy (Hardcover)

from Luftwaffe_Flak

A good overall book but the author got bogged down in the what if's and hypothesizing. She states very clearly when she is simply hypothesizing but I found she did it too much for my taste.

from yeremenko

No doubt Mithradates is a fascinating figure in history. But, little is known of him, but that does not stop Mayor from writing a detailed biography. This is really historical fiction dressed up as a real biography. Mayor couches his choices by presenting two sides of what may have happened then ...

from Shrike58

A friend of mine noted that your reputation is made once you have a war named after you, in which case just think of what it might mean that it took four wars for the Roman republic to be done with Mithradates of Pontus, and even then it was a family coup that finished off the man's career. What ...

from janerawoof

Very complete, detailed and readable biography of Mithradates, King of Pontus, during the time of the Roman Republic. The book covers from his boyhood until his death in his 70s, still a fighter till the last. Raised among court intrigue: Persian and Greek, he early on began a lifelong study of p...

from antiquary

An --on the whole-favorable life of Mithradates of Pontus, who fought a series of bitter wars against first-class Roman generals - Sulla, Lucullus, Pompey and came close to setting up a Hellenistic/Persian kingdom in Asia Minor. It is useful as being the first full-length biography in a long time...