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Cleopatra of Pontus

Queen consort of Armenia of Pontic origin

Queen consort of Armenia of Pontic origin

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nameCleopatra of Pontus
titleQueen Consort
reign94 BC-58 BC
succession3
birth_date110 BC
death_dateafter 58 BC
queenTigranes the Great
spouse-type
consort
issueArtavasdes II of Armenia
native_lang1
native_lang1_name1
dynastyMithridatic
fatherMithridates VI Eupator
motherLaodice
religionHellenistic Paganism

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| spouse-type = | issue-link = | issue-pipe = | issue-type = | house-type = Cleopatra of Pontus (Ancient Greek: Κλεοπάτρα; 110 BC – after 58 BC) was a Pontian princess and a queen consort of Armenia.

She was one of the daughters of King Mithridates VI of Pontus and Queen Laodice. Cleopatra is sometimes known as Cleopatra the Elder, to distinguish her from her sister of the same name and was born and raised in the Kingdom of Pontus. She was the wife of the Armenian King Tigranes the Great.

She married Tigranes in 94 BC, cementing the alliance between Pontus and Armenia. She played a decisive role in the life of Tigranes and all of Armenia. Cleopatra bore Tigranes four sons: Zariadres, Artavasdes II of Armenia, Tigranes and an other, and three daughters. One daughter married King Pacorus I of Parthia and the other married King Mithridates I of Media Atropatene.

Tigranes chose a foreign policy different from that of Mithridates towards the Roman Republic based on his interests, and he eventually signed a treaty with Rome following the Battle of Artaxata in 68 BC, as a result of which Cleopatra, under the influence of her father, instigated their sons to betray Tigranes. In 66 BC, Pompey captured the younger Tigranes and took him to Rome as a hostage. Tigranes later escaped in 58 BC with the assistance of Publius Clodius Pulcher. Roman historian Asconius described the event. The sons attempted unsuccessfully to seize the throne from Tigranes; Zariadres and his younger brother were executed by Tigranes.

Cleopatra escaped to her father and lived the remainder of her life in Pontus.

Notes

  1. Asconius, on Cicero's Pro Milone

References

Bibliography

  • Mayor, A. The Poison King: the life and legend of Mithradates, Rome’s deadliest enemy, Princeton University Press, 2009
  • Khachʻatryan, Hayk (2001) Queens of the Armenians : 150 biographies based on history and legend, Sekhpossian, Nouné (transl.); Merguerian, Barbara J. (Ed.), Yerevan : "Amaras" ; Boston, MA : Armenian International Women’s Association Press,
  • Plutarch, Crassus 19; 22; 33.

References

  1. Mommsen, Theodore. (2010-12-31). "History of Rome".
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