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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), or Mithridates Eupator or Mithridates Magnus or Mithridates the Great (search)
ed him to a conference, assassinated him with his own hand. he now placed an infant son of his own, on whom lie had bestowed the name of Ariarathes, upon the throne of Cappadocia, but the people rose in rebellion, and set up the second son of Ariarathes VI. as their sovereign. Mithridates hereupon invaded Cappadocia again, and drove out this new competitor, who died shortly after. But the Roman senate now interfered, and appointed a Cappadocian named Ariobarzanes to be king of that country (B. C. 93). Mithridates did not venture openly to oppose this nomination, but he secretly instigated Tigranes, king of Armenia, to invade Cappadocia, and expel Ariobarzanes. The latter. being wholly unable to cope with the power of Tigranes, immediately fled to Rome; and Sulla, who was at the time praetor in Cilicia, was appointed to reinstate him, B. C. 92. Mithridates took no part in preventing this; and clearly as all things were in fact tending to a rupture between him and Rome, he still continue
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Nicander (search)
Nicander 3. An Aetolian, who, when his countrymen were endeavouring to organize a coalition against the Romans, was sent as ambassador to Philip V., king of Macedonia, B. C. 93, to urge him to join the league, but without effect. (Liv. 35.12.) Two years later, B. C. 191, he was sent, together with Thoas, to beg the assistance of Antiochus the Great, king of Syria. By extraordinary diligence he accomplished his task, and returned from Ephesus to Phalara, on the Maliac Gulf, within twelve days. After falling into the hands of Philip, by whom he was treated with unexpected kindness, he reached Hypata just at the moment when the Aetolians were deliberating about peace, and by bringing some money from Antiochus, and the promise of further aid, he succeeded in persuading them to refuse the terms proposed by the Romans. (Liv. 36.29; Plb. 20.10, 11.) In B. C. 190 he was appointed praetor (or *Ztrathyos) of the Aetolians (Clinton, Fasti Hell.), and endeavoured in vain to force the consul, MI.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
orable for the statement he made in recommending the measure, that there were not two thousand men in the state who possessed property (Cic. de Off 2.21). He seems to have brought forward this measure chiefly with the view of acquiring popularity, and he quietly dropped it when he found there was no hope of carrying it. In B. C. 100, he was one of the distinguished men in the state who took up arms against Saturninus and his crew (Cic. pro C. Rabir. 7). He was a candidate for the consulship B. C. 93, but was defeated in the comitia by Herennius; but two years afterwards he carried his election, and was consul in B. C. 91, with Sex. Julius Caesar. This was a very important year in the internal history of Rome, though the events of it are very difficult clearly to understand. It was the year in which M. Livius Drusus, who was then tribune of the plebs, brought forward the various important laws, the object and tendency of which have been discussed elsewhere [DRUSUS, No. 6]. It is suffici
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
P. Ruti'lius Rufus 1. Adversus Scaurum. 2. Pro se contra Scau. rum. Both delivered B. C. 107 (Cic. Brut. 30. de Orat. 2.69). 3. Pro lege sua de tribunis mililum, delivered when consul, B. C. 105. (See Fest. s. v. Rufuli tribuni.) 4. De modo aedificiorum. On setting bounds to the extravagance displayed in rearing sumptuous dwellings. Probably delivered in his consulship. (Suet. Aug. 89.) 5. Pro L. Caerucio ad populum. Time and subject unknown. 6. Pro se contra publicanos. Delivered B. C. 93 or 92. 7. Oratio ficta ad Mithridatem regem (Plut. Pomp. 37). He wrote also an autobiography in five books at least (Tac. Agric. 1), quoted by Charisius (pp. 96, 100, 105, 112, 119, 176, ed. Putsch.), by Diomedes (pp. 371, 372), and by Isidorus (Orig. 22.11); and a History of Rome in Greek, which contained an account of the Numantine war, in which he had served; but we know not what period it embraced. (In addition to the authorities quoted above see likewise Athen. 4.168, vi. p. 274, xii. p. 543;
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Sulla (search)
e for the praetorship for the year B. C. 94, but failed. According to his own statement he lost his election because the people were disappointed at his not having previously offered himself for the aedileship, since they had been looking forward to a splendid exhibition of African wild beasts in the aedilician games of the friend of Bocchus. In the following year, however, he was more successful. He distributed money among the people with a liberal hand, and thus gained the praetorship for B. C. 93. In this office he gratified the wishes of the people by exhibiting in the Ludi Apollinares a hundred African lions, who were put to death in the circus by archers whom Bocchus had sent for the purpose. In the following year, B. C. 92, Sulla was sent as propraetor into Cilicia, and was especially commissioned by the senate to restore Ariobarzanes to his kingdom of Cappadocia, from which he had been expelled by Mithridates. Although Sulla had not the command of a large force, he met with c
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
fuse." (Brut. 55.) He commenced public life as a supporter of the aristocratical party, and soon acquired great influence in the state by his splendid talents, while he was still young. He was an intimate friend of M. Livius Drusus, the celebrated tribune of the plebs, and the aristocracy placed great hopes in him. (Cic. de Orat. 1.7.) In B. C. 94, he accused of majestas C. Norbanus, the turbulent tribune of the plebs, who was defended by M. Antonius and was acquitted. [NORBANUS, No. 1.] In B. C. 93 he was quaestor, and in B. C. 89 he served as legate of the consul Cn. Pompeius Strabo in the Marsic war. In the following year, B. C. 88, he was elected to the tribunate through the influence of the aristocratical party. The consuls of the year were L. Cornelius Sulla and Q. Pompeius Rufus, the latter of whom was a personal friend of Sulpicius. (Cic. Lael. 1.) At first Sulpicius did not disappoint the expectations of his party. In conjunction with his colleague, P. Antistius, he resisted t
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