King of Pontus

E377632
monarchical office royal title

The King of Pontus was the Hellenistic monarch of the ancient kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia, most famously associated with Mithridates VI, who fiercely resisted Roman expansion.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
King of Pontus canonical 7
Basileus of Pontus 2
Kings of Pontus 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchical office ⓘ
royal title ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Pontus ⓘ
conflict First Mithridatic War ⓘ
Second Mithridatic War ⓘ
Third Mithridatic War ⓘ
country Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
culture Hellenistic Greek culture ⓘ
Persian-influenced court culture ⓘ
diplomaticRelation Hellenistic kingdoms of the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
endCause Roman annexation of Pontus ⓘ
endTime 1st century BCE ⓘ
follows Achaemenid satraps in Pontus ⓘ
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
hasAncestry Anatolian dynasts ⓘ
Persian nobility ⓘ
hasCapital Amaseia ⓘ
Amasia ⓘ
Sinop ⓘ
surface form: Sinope
hasFirstHolder Mithridates I Ktistes ⓘ
hasHolder Ariobarzanes of Pontus ⓘ
Darius of Pontus ⓘ
Mithridates I Ktistes ⓘ
Mithridates II of Pontus ⓘ
Mithridates III of Pontus ⓘ
Mithridates V Euergetes ⓘ
Mithridates VI Eupator ⓘ
Pharnaces I of Pontus ⓘ
Pharnaces II of Pontus ⓘ
hasLanguage Anatolian languages ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
inception 3rd century BCE ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Anatolia ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
Northern Turkey ⓘ
surface form: northern Anatolia
mostNotableHolder Mithridates VI Eupator ⓘ
notableFor Mithridatic Wars with Rome ⓘ
surface form: Mithridatic Wars

resistance to Roman expansion ⓘ
opponent Pompey the Great ⓘ
surface form: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus

Lucius Cornelius Sulla ⓘ
Lucius Licinius Lucullus ⓘ
surface form: Lucullus

Roman Republic ⓘ
partOf Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
surface form: Diadochi successor states

Hellenistic period ⓘ
surface form: Hellenistic world
religion Hellenistic polytheism ⓘ
titleInGreek Βασιλεὺς Πόντου ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Mithridates VI Eupator → positionHeld → King of Pontus ⓘ
Mithridates I Ktistes → positionHeld → King of Pontus ⓘ
Pharnaces I of Pontus → positionHeld → King of Pontus ⓘ
Pharnaces II of Pontus → positionHeld → King of Pontus ⓘ
Mithridates III of Pontus → positionHeld → King of Pontus ⓘ
Mithridates III of Pontus → hasTitle → King of Pontus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basileus of Pontus
Mithridates V Euergetes → title → King of Pontus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basileus of Pontus
Darius of Pontus → category → King of Pontus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kings of Pontus
Polemon I of Pontus → positionHeld → King of Pontus ⓘ
Polemon II of Pontus → title → King of Pontus ⓘ