Mithridatic Wars
The inscriptions selected for this article are mainly monumental and honorific: they are the Tituli, or identifiers on the bases of statues erected by a local municipality in Greece to honor some Roman commander or governor. The times are generally the periods of the First and Second Mithridatic Wars. The Third Mithridatic War is later, more widespread, and brought about more fundamental changes. The main inscription under consideration is the one from Rhodes, considered first. Other inscriptions are brought in in support of it. A few inscriptions are coin legends.