[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  ArchaeoHistories [@histories_arch](/creator/twitter/histories_arch) on x 233.1K followers Created: 2025-07-24 19:39:50 UTC Cleopatra of Pontus (110 BC – after XX BC) was a Pontian princess and a queen consort of Armenia. She was one of the daughters of King Mithridates VI of Pontus and Queen Laodice. Cleopatra is sometimes known as Cleopatra the Elder, to distinguish her from her sister of the same name and was born and raised in the Kingdom of Pontus. She was the wife of the Armenian King Tigranes II the Great. She married Tigranes in XX BC, cementing the alliance between Pontus and Armenia. She played a decisive role in the life of Tigranes and all of Armenia. Cleopatra bore Tigranes four sons: Zariadres, Artavasdes II of Armenia, and two others, and three daughters. One daughter married King Pacorus I of Parthia and the other married King Mithridates I of Media Atropatene. Tigranes chose a foreign policy different from that of Mithridates towards the Roman Republic based on his interests, and he eventually signed a treaty with Rome following the Battle of Artaxata in XX BC, as a result of which Cleopatra, under the influence of her father, instigated their sons to betray Tigranes. In XX BC, Pompey captured the younger Tigranes and took him to Rome as a hostage. Tigranes later escaped in XX BC with the assistance of Publius Clodius Pulcher. Roman historian Asconius described the event. The sons attempted unsuccessfully to seize the throne from Tigranes; Zariadres and his younger brother were executed by Tigranes. Cleopatra escaped to her father and lived the remainder of her life in Pontus. #archaeohistories  XXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [armenia](/topic/armenia) [Post Link](https://x.com/histories_arch/status/1948468185780342936)
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Cleopatra of Pontus (110 BC – after XX BC) was a Pontian princess and a queen consort of Armenia.
She was one of the daughters of King Mithridates VI of Pontus and Queen Laodice. Cleopatra is sometimes known as Cleopatra the Elder, to distinguish her from her sister of the same name and was born and raised in the Kingdom of Pontus. She was the wife of the Armenian King Tigranes II the Great.
She married Tigranes in XX BC, cementing the alliance between Pontus and Armenia. She played a decisive role in the life of Tigranes and all of Armenia. Cleopatra bore Tigranes four sons: Zariadres, Artavasdes II of Armenia, and two others, and three daughters. One daughter married King Pacorus I of Parthia and the other married King Mithridates I of Media Atropatene.
Tigranes chose a foreign policy different from that of Mithridates towards the Roman Republic based on his interests, and he eventually signed a treaty with Rome following the Battle of Artaxata in XX BC, as a result of which Cleopatra, under the influence of her father, instigated their sons to betray Tigranes. In XX BC, Pompey captured the younger Tigranes and took him to Rome as a hostage. Tigranes later escaped in XX BC with the assistance of Publius Clodius Pulcher. Roman historian Asconius described the event. The sons attempted unsuccessfully to seize the throne from Tigranes; Zariadres and his younger brother were executed by Tigranes.
Cleopatra escaped to her father and lived the remainder of her life in Pontus.
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