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Kingdom of Pontus

Hellenistic-era kingdom centred in northern Anatolia (281 BC-62 AD)

19 dated entries naming Kingdom of Pontus, drawn from 16 separate years between 266 BCE and 74 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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3rd century BC

  • 266 BCEAriobarzanes becomes the second king of Pontus, succeeding his father Mithridates I Ctistes.source
  • 220 BCEMeanwhile, the birth of a son to Antiochus III and Laodice (daughter of Mithridates II, king of Pontus) leads Hermeias to consider getting rid of the king so that he can rule under the name of the infant son. Antiochus discovers the scheme and arranges the assassination of Hermeias.source

2nd century BC

  • 181 BCEPharnaces I of Pontus decides to attack both Eumenes II of Pergamum and Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia and therefore invades Galatia with a large force. Eumenes leads an army to oppose him, however, hostilities are soon suspended following the arrival of Roman deputies, who have been appointed by the Roman Senate to inquire into the matters in dispute. Negotiations take place at Pergamum but are inconclusive, with Pharnaces' demands being rejected by the Romans as unreasonable. As a consequence, the war between Pontus and Pergamum and Cappadocia is renewed.source
  • 150 BCEMithridates V Euergetes succeeds his uncle Mithridates IV Philopator Philadelphus as king of Pontus. He continues the strategy of maintaining an alliance with the Romans which was started by his predecessor.source
  • 150 BCEMithridates IV Philopator Philadelphus, king of Pontussource
  • 135 BCEMithridates VI, king of Pontus (d. 63 BC)source
  • 106 BCENicomedes III of Bithynia and Mithridates VI of Pontus share their dominion over Paphlagonia.source

1st century BC

  • 89 BCEMithridates VI of Pontus invades Bithynia and Cappadocia, thus beginning the First Mithridatic War.source
  • 88 BCEMay – King Mithridates VI of Pontus invades Greece. Defeating the Roman forces four times in succession, he conquers Bithynia, Phrygia, Mysia, Lycia, Pamphylia, Ionia and Cappadocia. The Roman province of Asia is dismantled. On the king's orders, the local authorities in every city of the province round up and put to death all resident Italians in a single day (App.Mith.§§85–91). Plutarch (Sulla 24.4) says that 150,000 are killed, other sources calculate a figure of 80,000 people.source
  • 86 BCEThe Roman forces of Lucius Cornelius Sulla defeat the Pontic forces of Archelaus in the Battle of Chaeronea.source
  • 86 BCEMarch 1 – Siege of Athens (87–86 BC) ends when Sulla captures Athens from the Pontic army, removing the tyrant Aristion.source
  • 83 BCELucius Licinius Murena, the Roman governor of Asia, clashes with the Pontic forces of Mithridates VI, starting the Second Mithridatic War.source
  • 82 BCELucius Licinius Murena launches a raid against Pontus in the Battle of Halys, starting the Second Mithridatic War.source
  • 75 BCENicomedes IV of Bithynia bequeaths his kingdom to Rome on his death (75/4 BC). Angered by the arrangement, Mithridates VI of Pontus declares war on Rome and invades Bithynia, Cappadocia and Paphlagonia, thus starting the Third Mithridatic War.source
  • 72 BCEBattle of Cabira: Lucius Lucullus defeats King Mithridates VI and overruns Pontus. Mithridates flees to Armenia, ruled by his son-in-law Tigranes, who refuses to turn his father-in-law in to Lucius Lucullus.source
  • 67 BCEMithridates VI invades Pontus and defeats a Roman army at the Battle of Zela.source
  • 63 BCEPharnaces II becomes King of Pontus.source
  • 63 BCEMithridates VI, King of Pontus (b. 135 BC)source

1st century

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

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