Mithridates of Persia
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Mithridates was a Persian
of high rank, and son-in-law of the king Darius III
, who was slain by Alexander the Great with his own hand, at the Battle of the Granicus
in 334 BC, when he plunged his lance through Mithridates' face.
Persian people
The Persian people are part of the Iranian peoples who speak the modern Persian language and closely akin Iranian dialects and languages. The origin of the ethnic Iranian/Persian peoples are traced to the Ancient Iranian peoples, who were part of the ancient Indo-Iranians and themselves part of...
of high rank, and son-in-law of the king Darius III
Darius III of Persia
Darius III , also known by his given name of Codomannus, was the last king of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia from 336 BC to 330 BC....
, who was slain by Alexander the Great with his own hand, at the Battle of the Granicus
Battle of the Granicus
The Battle of the Granicus River in May 334 BC was the first of three major battles fought between Alexander the Great and the Persian Empire...
in 334 BC, when he plunged his lance through Mithridates' face.