Mithridātes

, a king of Parthia, who took Demetrius prisoner.――A man made king of Armenia by Tiberius. He was afterwards imprisoned by Caligula, and set at liberty by Claudius. He was murdered by one of his nephews, and his family were involved in his ruin. Tacitus , Annals .――Another, king of Armenia.――A king of Pergamus, who warmly embraced the cause of Julius Cæsar, and was made king of Bosphorus by him. Some supposed him to be the son of the great Mithridates by a concubine. He was murdered, . ――A king of Iberia.――Another of Comagena.――A celebrated king of Parthia, who enlarged his po e ions by the conquest of some of the neighbouring countries. He examined with a careful eye the constitution and political regulations of the nations he had conquered, and framed from them, for the service of his own subjects, a code of laws. Justin. — Orosius. ――Another, who murdered his father, and made himself master of the crown.――A king of Pontus, put to death by order of Galba, . ――A man in the armies of Artaxerxes. He was rewarded by the monarch for having wounded Cyrus the younger; but, when he boasted that he had killed him, he was cruelly put to death. Plutarch , Artaxerxes .――A son of Ariobarzanes, who basely murdered Datames. Cornel i us Nepos , Datames .