Kingdom of Pontus

E68370

Hellenistic kingdom ancient state

The Kingdom of Pontus was a Hellenistic state on the southern coast of the Black Sea, known for its powerful rulers like Mithridates VI and its protracted conflicts with the Roman Republic.

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic kingdom → ancient state →
alliedWith	Kingdom of Armenia → Tigranes the Great →
capital	Amasia → Sinope →
conflict	First Mithridatic War → Roman–Pontic Wars → Second Mithridatic War → Third Mithridatic War →
continent	Asia →
dynasty	Mithridatic dynasty →
economyBasedOn	Black Sea commerce → maritime trade →
endTime	1st century BC → 63 BC →
enemy	Roman Republic →
ethnicComposition	Anatolian → Greek → Persian →
followedBy	Roman Republic → Roman province of Bithynia and Pontus →
foundedBy	Mithridates I Ktistes →
governmentType	monarchy →
knownFor	Hellenistic-Persian cultural fusion → Mithridatic Wars against Rome → resistance to Roman expansion →
languageUsed	Greek → Persian →
locatedIn	Anatolia → Pontus region →
locatedOn	southern coast of the Black Sea →
notableRuler	Mithridates VI Eupator →
partOf	Hellenistic world →
religion	Greek polytheism → Persian religion →
ruler	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 → Polemon I of Pontus → Polemon II of Pontus → Pythodorida of Pontus →
startTime	281 BC → early 3rd century BC →
territoryIncluded	Bithynia → Cappadocia → Colchis → Paphlagonia →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hellenistic kingdoms → Hellenistic period →	hasPart
Kingdom of Cappadocia →	borderedBy
Colchis →	conqueredBy
Mithridates VI Eupator →	countryOfCitizenship
Comana Pontica →	partOf
Feodosia →	wasPartOf