Mithridates VI Eupator

Dates: 
134BCE - 63BCE

Chronology

Date: 
1st Century BCE
Description: 
May have been instrumental in the publication of the first illustrated herbal written by his physician Crataeus [105].
Summary: 
Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus, was famous for his efforts to develop immunity against poison through the administration of Mithridatum, a cocktail of substances including many herbs [102]. Mithridatum was a common feature of herbals and pharmacopoeias throughout Europe for the next 2000 years [102]. Inspiration for Mithridatum may have come from a letter written to Mithridates VI by Zopyrus, physician to King Ptolemy, who described to him a remedy which was a combination of Megalium and the Egyptian incense Kyphi [102]. Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria) is said to have been named after Mithridates VI [105].
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