Mithradates VI. und Rom

The Parthians – a worthy enemy of Rome? Remarks on Roman-Parthian political conflict in the Ist c. B.C., and its influence on Roman imperial ideology

“…120-63 B. C.) and his ally, Tigranes the II nd the Great (ca. 95/94-55 B. C.) of Armenia, which had primarily drawn the eyes of Roman commanders [Olshausen 1972;Keaveney 1998, 111 ff. ].…”