Pontus

E64311
ancient region geographical region historical region

Pontus was an ancient historical region along the southern coast of the Black Sea in what is now northeastern Turkey, known for its Hellenistic kingdom and strategic maritime position.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Pontus canonical 70
Pontus region 4
Pontus Polemoniacus 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borders Armenia Minor ⓘ
Black Sea ⓘ
Cappadocia ⓘ
Paphlagonia ⓘ
conqueredBy Pompey the Great ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
containsCity Amaseia ⓘ
Cerasus ⓘ
Cotyora ⓘ
Sinop ⓘ
surface form: Sinope

Trapezus ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
endOfIndependence 1st century BCE ⓘ
foundedAsKingdom 3rd century BCE ⓘ
foundedBy Mithridates I Ktistes ⓘ
hasCapital Amaseia ⓘ
Sinop ⓘ
surface form: Sinope
hasCoastlineOn Black Sea ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Luwians ⓘ
surface form: Anatolians

Greeks ⓘ
Persians ⓘ
hasLanguage Anatolian languages ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian
hasMountainRange Pontic Mountains ⓘ
hasRuler Mithridates I Ktistes ⓘ
Mithridates VI Eupator ⓘ
Mithridatic dynasty ⓘ
Pharnaces I of Pontus ⓘ
Pharnaces II of Pontus ⓘ
knownFor Hellenistic kingdom ⓘ
naval power ⓘ
strategic maritime position ⓘ
trade routes across the Black Sea ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay northeastern Turkey ⓘ
locatedOn southern coast of the Black Sea ⓘ
notableEvent Mithridatic Wars with Rome ⓘ
partOf Anatolia ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
religion Greek polytheism ⓘ
Persian religion ⓘ
wasClientStateOf Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
wasInfluencedBy Anatolia ⓘ
surface form: Anatolian culture

Hellenic ⓘ
surface form: Greek culture

Persian culture ⓘ
wasProvinceOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (75)

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

Asia Minor → containedRegion → Pontus ⓘ
Evagrius Ponticus → birthRegion → Pontus ⓘ
Pontic–Caspian steppe → namedAfter → Pontus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pontus region
Pontic Greek → nativeTo → Pontus ⓘ
Pontic Greek → historicalRegion → Pontus ⓘ
Trabzon → historicalRegion → Pontus ⓘ
Lazistan → partOf → Pontus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pontus region
Bithynia → formedProvinceWith → Pontus ⓘ
Galatia → borderedBy → Pontus ⓘ
Kingdom of Pontus → locatedIn → Pontus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pontus region
Mithridates VI Eupator → placeOfBirth → Pontus ⓘ
Diogenes of Sinope → birthPlace → Pontus ⓘ
Comana Pontica → locatedIn → Pontus ⓘ
Macrina the Younger → placeOfDeath → Pontus ⓘ
Macrina the Younger → region → Pontus ⓘ
Peter of Sebaste → associatedWith → Pontus ⓘ
Neocaesarea in Pontus → locatedIn → Pontus ⓘ
Empire of Trebizond → region → Pontus ⓘ
Strabo → birthPlace → Pontus ⓘ
Ibora → locatedIn → Pontus ⓘ
Amasya → historicalRegion → Pontus ⓘ
Heraclides Ponticus → birthPlace → Pontus ⓘ
Classis Pontica → garrisonRegion → Pontus ⓘ
Classis Pontica → historicalRegion → Pontus ⓘ
Roman conquest of the Hellenistic kingdoms → conflictWith → Pontus ⓘ
Eastern Roman provinces → includedProvince → Pontus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pontus Polemoniacus
Pontic Mountains → historicalRegion → Pontus ⓘ
Hannibalianus → associatedRegion → Pontus ⓘ
Romeyka → regionHistoricallyAssociatedWith → Pontus ⓘ
Chaldiot → traditionalRegion → Pontus ⓘ
Third Mithridatic War → location → Pontus ⓘ
Yeşilırmak River (nearby region) → historicalRegion → Pontus ⓘ
subject surface form: Yeşilırmak River
Greeks in Ukraine → ancestralOrigin → Pontus ⓘ
First Mithridatic War → location → Pontus ⓘ
Ottoman Christian genocides → location → Pontus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pontus region
Greek genocide → location → Pontus ⓘ
Trabzon Province → historicalRegion → Pontus ⓘ
Alexios III Komnenos → regionRuled → Pontus ⓘ
Galatians → geographicNeighbors → Pontus ⓘ
Paphlagonia → borders → Pontus ⓘ
Amaseia → locatedIn → Pontus ⓘ
Armenia Minor → borderedBy → Pontus ⓘ
Mithridatic dynasty → region → Pontus ⓘ
Trapezus → locatedIn → Pontus ⓘ
Cerasus → locatedIn → Pontus ⓘ
Cerasus → countryInAntiquity → Pontus ⓘ
Cerasus → historicalRegion → Pontus ⓘ
Cotyora → locatedIn → Pontus ⓘ
Mithridates I Ktistes → regionRuled → Pontus ⓘ
Pharnaces II of Pontus → regionRuled → Pontus ⓘ