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Most of Pontus was for administrative purposes united by the Romans with the province of Bithynia, though the eastern part subsisted as a separate kingdom under Polemon and his house, 36 B.C. to 63 A.D., and the southwestern portion was incorporated with the province of Galatia.
Bithynia and the western portion of Pontus were combined in 64 B.C. to form a double province by Roman General Pompey. Bithynia is mentioned only twice in the Bible while Pontus is recorded only three times. Scripture does not record any cities within this northern Asia Minor provincial area.
The Roman client kingdom of Pontus, c. AD 50. Most of the western half of Pontus and the Greek cities of the coast, including Sinope, were annexed by Rome directly as part of the Roman province of Bithynia et Pontus. The interior and eastern coast remained an independent client kingdom.
A large district in the north of Asia Minor, extending along the coast of the Pontus Euxinus Sea, (Pontus), from which circumstance the name was derived. It corresponds nearly to the modern Trebizond. It is three times mentioned in the New Testament -- Acts 2:9; Act 18:2; 1 Peter 1:1.
Most of Pontus was for administrative purposes united by the Romans with the province of Bithynia, though the eastern part subsisted as a separate kingdom under Polemon and his house, 36 B.C. to 63 A.D., and the southwestern portion was incorporated with the province of Galatia.
This page identifies the current consensus around the modern location of this biblical place. The isobands you see on the map (gray areas with dark borders) attempt to give you confidence where a region is.
Bible Book: 1 Peter Type: Maps Location: Achaia, Antioch, Asia, Athens, Bithynia, Cappadocia, Corinth, Ephesus, Galatia, Macedonia, Mediterranean, Pontus Era: Back from exile, Jesus. Map Peter. Apostle Peter writes a letter to Jews scattered throughout what is now Turkey.
