Before his succession in 109 BC, he married the Syrian Greek Princess Laodice VII Thea , daughter of King Antiochus VIII Grypus and Ptolemaic princess Tryphaena, as a part of a peace alliance. Mithridates embraced Greek culture.
Before his accession in 109 BC, he married the Syrian Greek Princess Laodice VII Thea , child of King Antiochus VIII Grypus and Ptolemaic princess Tryphaena, as part of a peace agreement. Mithridates embraced Hellenistic culture.