Third Mithridatic War
Artoces was a king of Iberia (modern-day Georgia) from 78 to 63 BC. He features in the Classical accounts of the Third Mithridatic War (Appian, "Bell. Mithr." 103, 117; Cassius Dio 37.1-2; Eutropius 6.14 [Artaces]; Festus 16; Orosius 6.4.8) and is identified with the Artag (), Arik (არიკ), Rok (როკ), or Aderk (ადერკ), of the medieval Georgian annals.