Xiphares
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Xiphares (ca. 85 BC - 65 BC) was a Greek prince, son of the famous Mithridates VI of Pontus, and his concubine Stratonike. His mother turned over the stronghold of Mithridates at Coenum that had been entrusted to her protection to the Roman forces under Pompey the Great. In revenge, Mithridates had Xiphares killed, leaving his corpse unburied.
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- A. Duggan, He Died Old, Mithridates Eupator, King of Pontus (1974)