Paphlagonians

E1034899

Anatolian people ancient people ethnic group

The Paphlagonians were an ancient people of northern Anatolia, known from Greek and Roman sources for inhabiting the coastal region along the Black Sea between Bithynia and Pontus.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Paphlagonian	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anatolian people ⓘ ancient people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
associatedMountainRange	Paphlagonian mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedRiver	Halys River NERFINISHED ⓘ Parthenius River NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Zeus Stratios (regional cults) NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalOrMainCity	Gangra NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinope (in some periods associated) ⓘ
coastalOn	Black Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalSphere	Anatolian cultural sphere ⓘ Hellenistic world NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedBy	Pliny the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ Xenophon NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicNameLanguage	Greek exonym "Paphlagones" NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicStatus	extinct as distinct ethnic group ⓘ
ethnonymAttestedIn	Herodotus NERFINISHED ⓘ Homeric epics NERFINISHED ⓘ Strabo NERFINISHED ⓘ
inhabitedRegion	Paphlagonia NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ southern coast of the Black Sea ⓘ
knownFromPeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ Classical antiquity ⓘ Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman period ⓘ
languageFamily	Anatolian languages (uncertain) ⓘ
laterReligion	Christianity (late antiquity) NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedInSource	Greek sources ⓘ Roman sources ⓘ
militaryRole	served as auxiliaries in Roman armies ⓘ supplied troops to Persian army ⓘ
modernLocationOfRegion	Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernProvincesOverlap	Kastamonu Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinop Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Çankırı Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboringRegion	Bithynia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pontus NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalOrganization	client kingdom under Rome ⓘ local dynasts under Persian suzerainty ⓘ
regionType	historical region of Anatolia ⓘ
religion	ancient Anatolian polytheism ⓘ
subsequentlyRuledBy	Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Pontus NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paphlagonia → inhabitedBy → Paphlagonians ⓘ

Paphlagonia → hasEthnonym → Paphlagonians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paphlagonian