E9 – The Mithridatic Wars: Iberia – The History of Saqartvelo Georgia
Gamarjoba! In this episode, we’ll be covering the Iberian side of the Mithridatic Wars, and getting way into Pompey. To be fair, he’s the main guy in this thing. And yeah, we don’t have any clue what our kings still look like. Coin on the episode picture depicts Aristarchos of Colchis.
Casting Through Ancient Greece
Aristarchos of Colchis coin 
Mithridates VI Eupator 
Pompey Magnus 
Tigranes II the Great 
Third Mithridatic War Map
Mithridates VI Eupator By Sting, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=408281
Pompey Magnus By Guido Bertolotti – Lavoro personale (foto presa con permesso della guida nella giornata di Porte Aperte del FAI (Fondo Ambiente Italiano) il 20 Marzo 2005), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2223542
Tigranes II The Great of Armenia By Robert Pashayan – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=106854868
Third Mithridatic Wars Map https://www.realmofhistory.com/2015/11/04/10-of-the-oddest-military-encounters-recorded-in-history/
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Bibliography:
Studies in Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts and Eurasian Contexts
by Stephen H. Rapp Jr.
The Georgians by David Marshall Land
Making of the Georgian Nation by Ronald Suny
Georgia in Antiquity by David Braund
Edge of Empires by Donald Rayfield
Kartlis Tskhovreba
The History of Saqartvelo Georgia 