Arcathias(110 words)
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(Ἀρκαθίας; Arkathías). Son of Mithridates VI (different from Ariarathes IX [1; 2; 3]), led 10,000 horsemen from Lesser Armenia into the opening battle of the Mithridatic Wars (autumn of 89 BC) at the Amnias against Nicomedes IV; he marched with a Pontic army in 88/87 BC through Macedonia and organized the conquered territories into satrapies. He fell ill at the Tisaeum in Magnesia and died (App. Mith. 63-65; 137; 156).
Olshausen, Eckart (Stuttgart)
Bibliography
1 Magie, 1105 note 41
2 B.C. McGing, The Foreign Policy of Mithridates VI Eupator King of Pont…
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Olshausen, Eckart (Stuttgart),
“Arcathias”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 20 April 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e200060>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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