A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

king of the Adorsi or Aorsi, with whom the Romans made an alliance in their war against Mithridates, king of the Bosporus, in B. C. 50, and at whose court Mithridates took refuge, when he was unable any longer to hold out against the Romans. Eunones taking compassion on him, wrote to the emperor Claudius on his behalf. (Tac. Ann. 12.15, l8, 19.)