History of Poison - Mithridates - The King of Poison

Mithridates was a genius who's scientific insight was a millennia ahead of its time. He watched his father die of poison and made it his life's work to prevent this. Perhaps he just got too good at his own game?

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[adamburke]

Mithridates is one of my favorite "enemies of Rome." You have outdone yourself today!! Thank You Again

[dylanfoster]

Thanks for making actual historical content, not enough of that today.

[johnt]

Thanks for having Derek on your show. The Hellenistic Age podcast is my favorite.

[DemetriusMithridates]

Superb delivery and artwork, American delivery has improved vastly, with more interest, this runs parallel with the effort dedicated to the subject, thank you

[youvebeengreeked]

Hannibal died by taking poison to avoid capture.
Given your Punic War series, might be a good idea to cover his later life. *:)*

[ferrjuan]

King Mithridates VI of Pontus is often overshadowed by other more famous “Enemies of Rome” like Hannibal Barca and Pyrrhus of Epirus but I find Mithridates more fascinating for the sole reason that Rome had to face Mithridates not once, not twice but three times in the rightly named “Mithridatic Wars.” In those wars Mithridates faced against the best generals that Rome had to offer at the time like Sulla and Pompey Magnus.

[ferrjuan]

It’s one of those rare days when YouTube actually notified me of this video going up and not the usual one-three days later! Great video as always!

[patricianoftheplebs]

The poison king by Adrienne Mayor is a great book on Mithradates.

[bear]

Everytime I think of Mithridates I giggle inwardly a little bit. Maybe that's a little mean, but I can't help it. Great video. This was a nice change of paste from your Byzantium series.

[mikehipps]

I've started warming up to the curve haha
Fantastic video as always!

[RodolfoGaming]

Great collab this maybe will have one too on Cleopatra? Regardless Mithridates' story is tragic just like any of the enemies of the Roman Republic

[ArchonShon]

Liking the new thumbnail style! Already know the content will only be quality.

[Fenniks-]

Mithridates VI is one of the most interesting historical figures imo

[allones]

It has been over a year now are you going to continue with the war of world series? You left us right on the door step of the conquista..

[aarondemiri]

excellent video

who do you think was the greatest enemy of Rome?

Hannibal? Pyrus? or Mithridates?

[xKinjax]

This story is a great case of "be careful what you wish for". Thanks for another great video 👍

[nuttawutnumpet]

If anyone read this part of history, you will know that king Mithridates has nothing to be fascinated about, he was the first person ever recorded in history to conduct the genocide against the enemy in this case the Romans, he was responsible for the death of ten of thousand innocents Roman people in Asia Minor before the Roman occupation, in which it started the war, he committed the genocide against the merchants and settlers even before the romans had influenced or invaded the area.

[ericagos]

What a great topic for a history series! Will you be covering the Poison Affair in 17th century France that involved the court of Louis XIV? That is a fascinating story.

[robertalpy]

No commander, not even Caesar would have been a match for Sulla. He twice won the grass crown and was never once defeated in battle. The grass crown is awarded from the men alone for saving a legion from certain destruction by acts of singular valor.

[LandworkerGardnerofsoul]

reminds me of nimrod but instead of a tower poison was his backup plan