Changes

Mithridates VI became king in after his father's assassination in 120 BC. While never confirmed, theories abound that the king was poisoned by his wife, Queen Laodice II.<ref>http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/Mithridates_V_of_Pontus</ref><ref>http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8977.html</ref> Fearing for his own life, the young king went into hiding and began ingesting small doses of various poisons to build up an immunity. His mother ruled as regent until 115 BC, when the young Mithridates VI took the throne and had the queen imprisoned. She died in captivity later that year.<ref>http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/rome/a/Mithridates.htm</ref>

Mithridates VI became king in after his father's assassination in 120 BC. While never confirmed, theories abound that the king was poisoned by his wife, Queen Laodice II.<ref>http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/Mithridates_V_of_Pontus</ref><ref>http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8977.html</ref> Fearing for his own life, the young king went into hiding and began ingesting small doses of various poisons to build up an immunity. His mother ruled as regent until 115 BC, when the young Mithridates VI took the throne and had the queen imprisoned. She died in captivity later that year.<ref>http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/rome/a/Mithridates.htm</ref>

After taking power, Mithridates sought to expand his kingdom, entertaining ambitions of making his state the dominant power in the Black Sea and Anatolia. He conquered Colchis, Crimea, Scythia and the Bosporan Kingdom.

After taking power, Mithridates sought to expand his kingdom, entertaining ambitions of making his state the dominant power in the Black Sea and Anatolia. He conquered Colchis, Crimea, [[Scythia]] and the Bosporan Kingdom.

== Mithridatic Wars ==

== Mithridatic Wars ==