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Pontus (Greek: Πόντος Pontos) was a Hellenistic kingdom centered in the historical region of Pontus in modern-day Turkey, and ruled by the Mithridatic dynasty of Persian origin, [2] [3] [4] [5] which may have been directly related to Darius the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty.
Republic of Pontus. The Republic of Pontus (Greek: Δημοκρατία του Πόντου, romanized: Dimokratía tou Póntou) was a proposed Pontic Greek state on the southern coast of the Black Sea. Its territory would have encompassed much of historical Pontus and today forms part of Turkey's Black Sea Region.
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28 maj 2013 · Mithradates’ kingdom of Pontus (located in northeastern Turkey) was curiously “blessed” with an abundance of poisonous plants, animals, and minerals. These toxic agents were all well known in antiquity and put to nefarious uses.
26 lip 2024 · Map of the Kingdom of Pontus. Credit: Photograph by Javierfv1212, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Mithridates hailed from the Kingdom of Pontus, a cultural melting pot that Alexander the Great would have approved of. The north of Pontus’s snow-clad Alps was a largely Hellenic-dominated coastline.
16 cze 2020 · Map of the Pontic Kingdom before the reign of Mithridates VI (darkest purple), after his conquests (purple), and his conquests in the first Mithridatic wars (pink); little adds (ancient shorelines &...
The Kingdom of Pontus is known for a few significant historical figures, but arguably the most famous is Mithridates VI, also known as Mithridates the Great. Mithridates VI (135–63 BC) was the king of Pontus and Armenia Minor in northern Anatolia (now Turkey) from about 120–63 BC.
