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Mithridates II of the Bosporus, also known asMithridates of Pergamon (died 46 BC[citation needed]), was a nobleman fromAnatolia. Mithridates was one of the sons born to KingMithridates VI from his mistress, theGalatian PrincessAdobogiona the Elder. He also had a full-blooded sister calledAdobogiona the Younger. The Pontic prince was ofPersian,Macedonian andGalatian ancestry.[1]
His father sent Mithridates toPergamon to be educated, where he became a leading citizen of that city. Mithridates was atetrarch over theTrocmi tribe.
In the winter of 48-47 BC,Julius Caesar was undersiege in Alexandria by the armies ofAchillas, guardian and general for KingPtolemy XIII Theos Philopator. Mithridates raised an army and came to Caesar'srelief. In the aftermath of theSecond Battle of Zela, Caesar made him king of theBosporan Kingdom. Mithridates's nieceDynamis and her husbandAsander were the ruling monarchs at the time, and were defeated by Mithridates's army.
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Mithridates reign was short-lived, as Asander defeated him in 47 or 46 BC. Apparently, Mithridates died shortly after that. Sometime between 27 and 17 BC,Augustus formally recognised Asander as king of Bosporus.
