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Hojte (Danish National Research Foundation's Center for Black Sea Studies, U. of Aarhus, Denmark) presents 20 papers from a conference reviewing current knowledge concerning Mithridates VI, also known as Mithridates the Great and Eupator Dionysius, who was king of the Pontic Kingdom in northern Anatolia from about 119 to 63 BCE. Papers address the historiographic evolution of writing about Mithridates, issues of Hellenization and Romanization in the Pontic Kingdom, the responsibility for the outbreak of conflict between Pontos and Rome, evidence concerning the dynastic history of the Pontic Kingdom, the administrative organization of the Pontic Kingdom, innovations in the coin system under Mithridates VI, perceptions of Mithridates by the Greeks, religious life in Pontus, the political aspects of religion in Pontos, and the status of Bosporus within the Pontic Kingdom. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
