State

Kingdom of Pontus

Hellenistic-era kingdom centred in northern Anatolia (281 BC-62 AD)

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281 BCE – 62 CE
Founded
281 BCE
Ended
62 CE
Capital
Amasya, Sinop
Government
monarchy
Languages
Ancient Greek
Religion
syncretism

Overview

Pontus (Ancient Greek: Πόντος Pontos, sea) was a Hellenistic kingdom centered in the historical region of Pontus, in northern Anatolia, on the southern coast of the Black Sea (Ancient Greek: Εύξεινος Πόντος, literally meaning "hospitable sea").

It was ruled by the Mithridatic dynasty of Persian origin, which may have been directly related to Darius the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty.

The kingdom was proclaimed by Mithridates I in 281 BC and lasted until its conquest by the Roman Republic in 63 BC. The Kingdom of Pontus reached its greatest extent under Mithridates VI the Great, who conquered Colchis, Cappadocia, Bithynia and the Greek colonies of the Tauric Chersonesos, plus (only temporarily) the Roman province of Asia. After a long struggle with Rome in the Mithridatic Wars, Pontus was defeated.

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Records (21)

  1. 227 BCE — Battle of LadoceiaBattle · Sparta ▸ Achea
  2. 183–179 BCE — Pontic-Pergamene WarWar
  3. 156–154 BCE — Bithynian-Pergamene War of 156–154 BCEWar
  4. 89 BCE — Battle of the River AmniasBattle
  5. 88–63 BCE — Mithridatic WarsWar
  6. 88 BCE — Battle of Mount ScorobasBattle
  7. 87–86 BCE — Siege of AthensSiege
  8. 87 BCE — Battle of PiraeusBattle · Rome ▸ Athens, Pontus
  9. 85 BCE — Battle of MiletopolisBattle · Rome ▸ Pontus
  10. 82 BCE — Battle of HalysBattle
  11. 74 BCE — Battle of ChalcedonBattle
  12. 73–63 BCE — Third Mithridatic WarWar
  13. 73 BCE — Battle of LemnosNaval battle
  14. 73 BCE — Battle of CyzicusBattle · Rome ▸ Pontus
  15. 72 BCE — Battle of CabiraBattle · Rome ▸ Pontus
  16. 67 BCE — Battle of ZelaBattle · Pontus ▸ Rome
  17. 66 BCE — Battle of the LycusBattle
  18. 48–47 BCE — Pontic WarWar
  19. 48 BCE — Battle of Nicopolis, ArmeniaBattle · Bosporus ▸ Rome
  20. 47 BCE — Battle of ZelaBattle · Rome ▸ Pontus
  21. 36 BCE — Battle of PraaspaBattle

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), HCED (CC0) and Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0); overview excerpted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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