Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia
- Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia
Ariarathes VI Epiphanes Philopator (in Greek Aριαράθης Eπιφανής Φιλoπάτωρ; reigned 130–116 BC or 126 BC–111 BC), king of Cappadocia, was the youngest son of Ariarathes V. He reigned about 14 years (130–116 BC). He was a child at his succession, and for this reason the power was kept by his mother Nysa. At some point her mother seems to have poisoned all Ariarathes five brothers; but the infant king was saved by people loyal to the dynasty and Nysa killed. These facts were a good pretext for Mithridates Euergetes (151–120 BC), king of Pontus, for trying to assert control over the country. For this he married Ariarathes to Laodice, Mithridates daughter; but since this wasn't deemed enough to transform Cappadocia in a satellite of Pontus, Mithridates Euergetes' son, Mithridates VI, murdered Ariarathes using Gordius, a Cappadocian nobleman.rf|1|just_37.1_38.1_memn_22 On his death the kingdom was briefly ruled by Ariarathes' widow and then seized by Nicomedes III, king of Bithynia, who married Laodice the widow of the late king, Laodice. But Nicomedes III was soon expelled by Mithridates VI, who placed upon the throne Ariarathes VII, a son of Ariarathes VI.
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Note
ent|1|just_37.1_38.1_memn_22 Justin, [http://www.attalus.org/translate/justin6.html#37.1 xxxvii. 1] , [http://www.attalus.org/translate/justin6.html#38.1 xxxviii. 1] ; Memnon, "History of Heraclea", [http://www.attalus.org/translate/memnon2.html#22 22]
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