Theriacs
In the world of Golden Age detective fiction poisoning is a much used method of dispatching a victim and is often associated with female assassins. In the ancient world the use of poisons was often the method of choice for assassination political foes and rivals. King Mithridates VI, who ruled over the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Antolia between 120 and 63 BC, was particularly paranoid about…
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