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- 01Mithridates's daily poison regimen — a compound later called 'Mithridate' — was considered a universal antidote for 1,500 years after his death.
- 02He fought three separate wars against Rome, surviving campaigns from 88 BC to 63 BC across Asia Minor and the Black Sea.
- 03At his final defeat, his suicide-by-poison failed entirely; he ordered a Gallic officer named Bituitus to kill him by sword.