Her father was assassinated around 120 BC in Sinope, poisoned at a lavish banquet he was hosting.
He was able to remove his mother and brother from the Pontic throne and became the sole ruler of Pontus.
However, Mithridates Chrestus may have died in prison from natural causes or was tried for treason and was executed on his orders.
[6] When Mithridates VI became the sole ruler of Pontus, Laodice and her brother were practically strangers.
[citation needed] Laodice and Mithridates VI set about establishing good relations with the citizens of Athens and the Greek island of Delos.
[citation needed] There is a painting on display at the Bibliothèque nationale de France of Laodice and Mithridates.
[citation needed] In The Grass Crown, the second in the Masters of Rome series, Colleen McCullough, the Australian writer, describes in detail the various aspects of Mithridates VI's life.