Bosporan Kingdom

Greco-Scythian state near Sea of Azov (c.438 BC–c.527 AD)

12 dated entries naming Bosporan Kingdom, drawn from 12 separate years between 409 BCE and 242 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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5th century BC

  • 409 BCEAlcibiades recaptures Byzantium, ending the city's rebellion from Athens. This action completes Athenian control of the Bosporus which secures the Athenian supply route for grain from the Bosporan Kingdom in the Black Sea region.source

2nd century BC

  • 150 BCEPaerisades III, king of the Bosporan Kingdomsource
  • 110 BCEAsander, king of the Bosporan Kingdom (d. 17 BC)source
  • 109 BCEPaerisades V, king of the Bosporan Kingdom (approximate date)source
  • 107 BCEThe uprising of Saumachus against Mithridates VI in the Bosporan Kingdom.source

1st century BC

  • 47 BCEPharnaces II of Pontus, king of the Bosporan Kingdom (b. c. 97 BC)source
  • 17 BCEAsander, Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom (b. 110 BC)source
  • 16 BCEScribonius, Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdomsource
  • 8 BCEPolemon I, Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdomsource

1st century

  • 74Polemon II, prince of the Bosporan Kingdom, Pontus, Cilicia and Cappadociasource

2nd century

  • 154King Eupator of Bosphorus pays tribute to Rome, due to the threat posed by the Alani.source

3rd century

  • 242Gordian III evacuates the Cimmerian cities in the Bosphorus (Crimea), as the territory is now controlled by the Goths.source

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