Mithridatium

MITHRIDA´TIUM (Μιθριδάτιον), a fortress of the Trocmi, situated on the frontiers of Galatia and Pontus. After the subjugation of Pontus by the Romans, Pompey took Mithridatium from Pontus, and gave it to a Galatian prince Bogodiatarus, or Brogitarus, as he is called on coins. (Strab. 12. p. 567; Sestini, p. 129.)