|
The truth about science: behind scary science headlines are often lies and distortions. The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science examines numerous fallacies.(The Politically Incorrect Guide To Science)(Book Review)
The New American; 1/23/2006; Behreandt, Dennis; 787 words
; ... page one. In 63 B.C., King Mithridates VI, the great opponent of the ... Romans overwhelmed his forces, Mithridates found his supporters abandoning ... suicide would not come easy to Mithridates. For years the king, afraid ... Cassius Dio tells the story: Mithridates had tried to make away ...
Read more
|
 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
|
GRAIN OF SALT SAYING SEASONED WITH USAGE IN ANCIENT HISTORY.(Spotlight)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 8/31/1997; Jones, Rebecca; 376 words
; Byline: Rebecca Jones Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer Someone told me they ... Englewood It goes all the way back to Mithridates VI, the King of Pontus from 120-63 B ... historian Pliny the Elder tell it, Mithridates had a secret antidote that he used ... swallowing it whole,'' as it were. Back to ...
Read more
|
|
Pharmacovigilance: A Company-Wide Challenge
Applied Clinical Trials; 2/1/2008; Maennl, Uwe; 787 words
; ... top. Clinical research and pharmacovigilance (PV)1 have come a long way. Many things have changed since 120 BC, when Mithridates VI "trialed" his concoctions on convicted criminals.2 But it was more than 2000 years later that the thalidomide disaster ...
Read more
|
|
|
Civil wars and despotism: plagued by murderous ambition, Rome's politician-generals turned their armies against each other--and even against Rome herself.(History--Rome)
The New American; 11/29/2004; Bonta, Steve; 787 words
; ... of the formidable Mithridates VI, the king of Pontus ... state in Asia Minor. Mithridates was a prototypical ... Minor and the Aegean, Mithridates detested Roman power ... petering out in Italy, Mithridates decided to make his ...
Read more
|
 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
|
Farmer unearths Roman monument
The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 12/10/2004; DEREK GATOPOULOS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS; 453 words
; ... PRESS Date: 12-10-2004, Friday Section: NEWS Edtion: All Editions.=.Two Star B. Two ... Orchomenos inflicted a heavy defeat on Mithridates VI, who led the Black Sea kingdom of Pontus ... massive armies of the King of Pontus Mithridates, whose forces exceeded 100,000," Aravantinos ...
Read more
|
 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
|
GREEK FARMER FINDS MONUMENT TO 2,000-YEAR-OLD MAJOR BATTLE.(News)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 12/16/2004; 304 words
; ... battles at Chaeronea and Orchomenos inflicted a heavy defeat on Mithridates VI, who led the Black Sea kingdom of Pontus in an unsuccessful ... of 15,000 faced the massive armies of the King of Pontus Mithridates, whose forces exceeded 100,000, Aravantinos said. It's one ...
Read more
|
|
The celts in the north Pontic area: a reassessment.
Antiquity; 12/1/1993; Treister, Michail Ju.; 787 words
; ... participation of Celtic troops in the war campaigns of Mithridates VI on the north shore of the Black Sea; the possible La ... mainly in the capital, Panticapaeum (Eichberg 1987: maps 4-5). It therefore seems reasonable to exclude the possibility ...
Read more
|
|
The impact of metals on society Part IV: Rome
JOM; 8/1/1998; Smith, R L; 787 words
; ... tonne of gold.3 The Roman treasury was threatened when King Mithridates VI of Pontus, in northern Asia Minor, invaded Bosphorus and ... instigation of Gaius Marius before he had a chance to face Mithridates. Sulla initiated a civil war that he won and, in reprisal ...
Read more
|
|
All the CharmOf Early Mozart
International Herald Tribune; 4/5/2000; David Stevens; 611 words
; ... period-instrument band, Les Talens Lyriques. Both of these works have a tenuous connection with the same chunk of history. Mithridates VI Eupator (c. 132-63 B.C.), king of Pontus and a real pain in the neck to the Roman Empire, was driven back by a series ...
Read more
|
|
(book reviews)
Notes; 3/1/1995; Mercado, Mario R.; 787 words
; ... radio company commissioned a radio play on the subject of the celebrated Roman general Lucullus, known for defeating Mithridates VI of Ponthus, for ruthless military campaigns, and for harsh reforms of provincial taxation and finance. The radio play ...
Read more
|
