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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kingdom of Pontus canonical 46
Kingdom of Pontus under Mithridates IV 1
Pontic Kingdom 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic kingdom ⓘ
ancient state ⓘ
alliedWith Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Tigranes the Great ⓘ
capital Amasia ⓘ
Sinop ⓘ
surface form: Sinope
conflict First Mithridatic War ⓘ
Third Mithridatic War ⓘ
surface form: 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 with Rome ⓘ
surface form: Mithridatic Wars against Rome

resistance to Roman expansion ⓘ
languageUsed Greek ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
locatedIn Anatolia ⓘ
Pontus ⓘ
surface form: Pontus region
locatedOn southern coast of the Black Sea ⓘ
notableRuler Mithridates VI Eupator ⓘ
partOf Hellenistic period ⓘ
surface form: Hellenistic world
religion Greek polytheism ⓘ
Persian religion ⓘ
ruler Ariobarzanes of Pontus ⓘ
Darius of Pontus ⓘ
Mithridates I Ktistes ⓘ
Ariobarzanes of Pontus ⓘ
surface form: 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 (49)

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

Feodosia → wasPartOf → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Hellenistic kingdoms → hasPart → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Hellenistic period → hasPart → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Colchis → conqueredBy → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Mithridates VI Eupator → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Comana Pontica → partOf → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Kingdom of Cappadocia → borderedBy → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Neocaesarea in Pontus → underRuleOf → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Sinop → wasPartOf → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Amasya → wasCapitalOf → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Third Mithridatic War → conflictBetween → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Third Mithridatic War → belligerent → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Battle of Orchomenus → belligerent → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
First Mithridatic War → belligerent → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
First Mithridatic War → involvedTerritory → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Battle of Chaeronea (First Mithridatic War) → belligerent → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Paphlagonia → laterControlledBy → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Amaseia → earlyCapitalOf → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Mithridatic dynasty → countryRuled → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Trapezus → underRuleOf → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Mithridatic Wars with Rome → opponent → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
subject surface form: Mithridatic Wars
Mithridatic Wars with Rome → belligerent → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
subject surface form: Mithridatic Wars
Mithridates I Ktistes → founded → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Mithridates I Ktistes → countryRuled → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Pharnaces I of Pontus → country → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Pharnaces I of Pontus → expandedTerritory → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pontic Kingdom around the Black Sea
Pharnaces I of Pontus → successorState → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Pontus under Mithridates IV
Pharnaces II of Pontus → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Mithridates III of Pontus → country → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Mithridates V Euergetes → country → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Amasia → partOf → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Roman province of Bithynia and Pontus → followed → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Pythodorida of Pontus → country → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Kingdom of Bithynia under Prusias II → hasNeighbor → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Second Mithridatic War → conflictWith → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Second Mithridatic War → belligerent → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Second Mithridatic War → opposingPower → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pontic Kingdom
Artaxiad dynasty → sharesBorderWith → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Artaxiad dynasty → inConflictWith → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Artaxiad dynasty → alliedWith → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Bosporan Kingdom → vassalOf → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Ariobarzanes of Pontus → country → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Darius of Pontus → country → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Polemon I of Pontus → country → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
King of Pontus → country → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Pantikapaion → laterControlledBy → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Comana in Pontus → partOf → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Greco-Pontic culture → associatedWithPoliticalEntity → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ
Pompey’s Eastern campaigns → opposedBy → Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ