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Ariarathes VIII Epiphanes (, Ariaráthēs Epiphanḗs; reigned c. 101–c. 96 BC and in 95 BC), King of Cappadocia, was the second son of Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia and wife Laodice of Cappadocia. Ariarathes VIII had an older sister called Nysa and an older brother called Ariarathes VII of Cappadocia. He ascended to the throne when the Cappadocian nobleman rebelled against his maternal uncle, King Mithridates VI of Pontus and his son, the puppet King Ariarathes IX of Cappadocia. He was speedily driven out of the kingdom by Mithridates VI, and shortly afterwards died a natural death. By the death of these two sons of Ariarathes VI, the royal family was extinct. Mithridates VI restored upon the throne his own son Ariarathes IX, who was only eight years old. King Nicomedes III of Bithynia sent an embassy to Rome to lay claim to the throne for a youth, who, he pretended, was a third son of Ariarathes VI and Laodice. Mithridates VI also, with equal shamelessness, says Justin, sent an embassy to Rome to assert that the youth, whom he had placed upon the throne, was a descendant of Ariarathes V of Cappadocia, who fell in the war against King Eumenes III of Pergamon. The Roman Senate, however, did not assign the Kingdom to either but granted liberty to the Cappadocians and, in 95 BC, ordered to depose Ariarathes IX. After a short period of direct Pontic rule and a brief restoration of Ariarathes VIII, an attempt of instauration of a Republic was made by the Roman Senate. As the people wished for a king, the Romans allowed them to choose whom they pleased, and their choice fell upon Ariobarzanes I. ==References== * Hazel, John; ''Who's Who in the Greek World'', "Ariarathes VIII", (1999) * Head, Barclay; ''Historia Numorum'', ("Cappadocia" ), (1911) * Smith, William (editor); ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', ("Ariarathes VIII" ), Boston, (1867) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ariarathes VIII of Cappadocia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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