Mithradates V, King of Pontus Euergetes 
Mithradates V, King of Pontus' father was I, King of Pontus Pharnaces and his mother was Princess of Syria Nysa. His paternal grandparents were III, King of Pontus Mithradates and II, Seleucid Princess of Syria Laodice; his maternal grandparents were Antiochus IV, Seleucid King of Syria Epiphanes and Laodice, Seleucid Queen of Syria (III). He was an only child.General Notes
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Birth: in bef. 150 BC
Death: in 120 BC, Sinope, Pontus [assassinated] 1
Event: Ancestor M
Event: Ruled 150 - 120 BC, King of Pontus 1
Note: Mithradates V Euergetes, the son of Pharnaces, appears to have
become sole ruler of Pontus c. 150. At first a friend of the Romans, he
sent them a contingent during the Third Punic War and helped them to get
possession of Pergamum (bequeathed to them by Attalus III, but claimed by
Aristonicus, a natural son of Eumenes II). Nicomedes II of Bithynia also
helped the Romans in the affair; and both he and Mithradates expected to
be rewarded with Phrygia. A commission awarded it to Mithradates, but the
Roman senate refused to ratify the bargain on the ground of bribery.
Mithradates appears to have taken Phrygia without waiting for a new
award. He likewise invaded Cappadocia and married his daughter to the
young king Ariarathes VI Epiphanes. He acquired the succession of
Paphlagonia from its last king, Pylaemenes, and obtained a kind of
protectorate over Galatia. At the height of his power, in 121 or 120
B.C., he was assassinated by his courtiers during a banquet in his palace
at Sinope.
They had a son named Mithradates VI, King of Pontus.
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