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Kingdom of Pontus

Kingdom of Pontus
281 BC–62 AD
The Kingdom of Pontus at its height: before the reign of Mithridates VI (dark purple), after his early conquests (purple), and his conquests in the first Mithridatic wars (pink)
The Kingdom of Pontus at its height: before the reign of Mithridates VI (dark purple), after his early conquests (purple), and his conquests in the first Mithridatic wars (pink)
Status
  • Independent kingdom (281 – 63 BC)
  • Client kingdom of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire (eastern part of the kingdom; 63 BC – 62 AD)
CapitalAmaseia, Sinope
Common languagesGreek (official after 3rd century BC,[1] coastal cities)
Persian, Armenian (after 115 BC) and Anatolian languages (regional and dynastic)
Religion
Syncretic, incorporating Greek polytheism, Iranian religion, and local Anatolian religion.
GovernmentMonarchy
Basileus 
• 281–266 BC
Mithridates I Ktistes
• 266–250 BC
Ariobarzanes
• c. 250–220 BC
Mithridates II
• c. 220–185 BC
Mithridates III
• c. 185 – c. 170 BC
Pharnaces I
• c. 170 – 150 BC
Mithridates IV and Laodice
• c. 150 – 120 BC
Mithridates V Euergetes
• 120–63 BC
Mithridates VI Eupator
• 63–47 BC
Pharnaces II
• 47–37 BC
Darius
• 37 BC
Arsaces
• 37–8 BC
Polemon I
• 8 BC – 38 AD
Pythodorida
• 38 AD – 62 AD
Polemon II
History 
• Founded by Mithridates I
281 BC
• Conquered by Pompey of the Roman Republic, remained as a client state (eastern part of the kingdom).
63 BC
• Annexed by the Roman Empire under Emperor Nero.
62 AD
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Antigonid dynasty
Roman Republic

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 possibly may have been directly related to Darius the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty.[6][5] The kingdom was proclaimed by Mithridates I in 281 BC[7] and lasted until its conquest by the Roman Republic in 63 BC.[8] The Kingdom of Pontus reached its largest extent under Mithridates VI the Great, who conquered Colchis, Cappadocia, Bithynia, the Greek colonies of the Tauric Chersonesos, and for a brief time the Roman province of Asia. After a long struggle with Rome in the Mithridatic Wars, Pontus was defeated.[9] The western part of it was incorporated into the Roman Republic as the province Bithynia et Pontus; the eastern half survived as a client kingdom until 62 AD.[citation needed]

As the greater part of the kingdom lay within the region of Cappadocia, which in early ages extended from the borders of Cilicia to the Euxine (Black Sea),[citation needed] the kingdom as a whole was at first called 'Cappadocia by Pontus' or 'Cappadocia by the Euxine', but afterwards simply 'Pontus', the name Cappadocia henceforth being used to refer to the southern half of the region previously included under that name.[citation needed]

The kingdom had three cultural strands, which often fused together: Greek (mostly on the coast), Persian and Anatolian,[10][5] with Greek becoming the official language in the 3rd century BC.[11]

Features of Pontus

Coin of Pont Amisos

The Kingdom of Pontus was divided into two distinct areas: the coastal region and the Pontic interior. The coastal region bordering the Black Sea was separated from the mountainous inland area by the Pontic Alps, which run parallel to the coast. The river valleys of Pontus also ran parallel to the coast and were quite fertile, supporting cattle herds, millet, and fruit trees, including cherry, apple, and pear. (Cherry and Cerasus are probably cognates.) The coastal region was dominated by Greek cities such as Amastris and Sinope, which became the Pontic capital after its capture. The coast was rich in timber, fishing, and olives. Pontus was also rich in iron and silver, which were mined near the coast south of Pharnacia; steel from the Chalybian mountains became quite famous in Greece. There were also copper, lead, zinc and arsenic. The Pontic interior also had fertile river valleys such as the river Lycus and Iris. The major city of the interior was Amasia, the early Pontic capital, where the Pontic kings had their palace and royal tombs. Besides Amasia and a few other cities, the interior was dominated mainly by small villages. The kingdom of Pontus was divided into districts named Eparchies.[12]

The Pontic Alps which divided the kingdom.

The division between coast and interior was also cultural. The coast was mainly Greek and focused on sea trade. The interior was occupied by the Anatolian Cappadocians and Paphlagonians ruled by an Iranian aristocracy that went back to the Persian empire. The interior also had powerful temples with large estates. The gods of the Kingdom were mostly syncretic, with features of local gods along with Persian and Greek deities. Major gods included the Persian Ahuramazda, who was termed Zeus Stratios; the moon god Men Pharnacou; and Ma (interpreted as Cybele).[13]

Sun gods were particularly popular, with the royal house being identified with the Persian god Ahuramazda of the Achaemenid dynasty; both Apollo and Mithras were worshipped by the Kings. Indeed, the name used by the majority of the Pontic kings was Mithridates, which means "given by Mithras".[14] Pontic culture represented a synthesis between Iranian, Anatolian and Greek elements, with the former two mostly associated with the interior parts, and the latter more so with the coastal region. By the time of Mithridates VI Eupator, Greek was the official language of the Kingdom, though Anatolian languages continued to be spoken in the interior.[15][5]

History

Ancient Pontic tombs on the mountains of Amasya

Mithridatic dynasty of Cius

The region of Pontus was originally part of the Persian satrapy of Cappadocia (Katpatuka). The Persian dynasty which was to found this kingdom had, during the 4th century BC, ruled the Greek city of Cius (or Kios) in Mysia, with its first known member being Mithridates of Cius. His son Ariobarzanes II became satrap of Phrygia. He became a strong ally of Athens and revolted against Artaxerxes, but was betrayed by his son Mithridates II of Cius.[16] Mithridates II remained as ruler after Alexander's conquests and was a vassal to Antigonus I Monophthalmus, who briefly ruled Asia Minor after the Partition of Triparadisus. Mithridates was killed by Antigonus in 302 BC under suspicion that he was working with his enemy Cassander. Antigonus planned to kill Mithridates' son, also called Mithridates (later named Ktistes, 'founder') but Demetrius I warned him and he escaped to the east with six horsemen.[17] Mithridates first went to the city of Cimiata in Paphlagonia and later to Amasya in Cappadocia. He ruled from 302 to 266 BC, fought against Seleucus I and, in 281 (or 280) BC, declared himself king (basileus) of a state in northern Cappadocia and eastern Paphlagonia. He further expanded his kingdom to the river Sangrius in the west. His son Ariobarzanes captured Amastris in 279, its first important Black sea port. Mithridates also allied with the newly arrived Galatians and defeated a force sent against him by Ptolemy I. Ptolemy had been expanding his territory in Asia Minor since the beginning of the First Syrian war against Antiochus in the mid-270s and was allied with Mithridates' enemy, Heraclea Pontica.[18]

Kingdom of Pontus

We know little of Ariobarzanes' short reign, except that when he died his son Mithridates II (c. 250—189) became king and was attacked by the Galatians. Mithridates II received aid from Heraclea Pontica, who was also at war with the Galatians at this time. Mithridates went on to support Antiochus Hierax against his brother Seleucus II Callinicus. Seleucus was defeated in Anatolia by Hierax, Mithridates, and the Galatians. Mithridates also attacked Sinope in 220 but failed to take the city. He married Seleucus II's sister and gave his daughter in marriage to Antiochus III, to obtain recognition for his new kingdom and create strong ties with the Seleucid Empire. The sources are silent on Pontus for the years following the death of Mithridates II, when his son Mithridates III ruled (c. 220–198/88).[19]

Bronze shield in the name of King Pharnakes: ΦΑΡΝΑΚΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Getty Villa (80.AC.60)

Pharnaces I of Pontus (189–159 BC) was much more successful in his expansion of the kingdom at the expense of the Greek coastal cities. He joined in a war with Prusias I of Bithynia against Eumenes of Pergamon in 188 BC, but the two made peace in 183 after Bithynia suffered a series of reversals. He took Sinope in 182 BC and although the Rhodians complained to Rome about this, nothing was done. Pharnaces also took the coastal cities of Cotyora, Pharnacia, and Trapezus in the east, effectively gaining control of most of the northern Anatolian coastline. Despite Roman attempts to keep the peace, Pharnaces fought against Eumenes of Pergamon and Ariarathes of Cappadocia. While initially successful, it seems he was overmatched by 179 when he was forced to sign a treaty. He had to give up all lands he had obtained in Galatia, and Paphlagonia and the city of Tium, but he kept Sinope.[20] Seeking to extend his influence to the north, Pharnaces allied with the cities in the Chersonesus and with other Black Sea cities such as Odessus on the Bulgarian coast. Pharnaces' brother, Mithridates IV Philopator Philadelphus adopted a peaceful, pro-Roman policy. He sent aid to the Roman ally Attalus II Philadelphus of Pergamon against Prusias II of Bithynia in 155.[21]

His successor, Mithridates V of Pontus Euergetes, remained a friend of Rome and in 149 BC sent ships and a small force of auxiliaries to aid Rome in the third Punic War. He also sent troops for the war against Eumenes III (Aristonicus), who had usurped the Pergamene throne after the death of Attalus III. After Rome received the Kingdom of Pergamon in the will of Attalus III in the absence of an heir, they turned part of it into the province of Asia, while giving the rest to loyal allied kings. For his loyalty Mithridates was awarded the region of Phrygia Major. The kingdom of Cappadocia received Lycaonia. Because of this it seems reasonable to assume that Pontus had some degree of control over Galatia, since Phrygia does not border Pontus directly. It is possible that Mithridates inherited part of Paphlagonia after the death of its King, Pylaemenes. Mithridates V married his daughter Laodice to the king of Cappadocia, Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia, and he also went on to invade Cappadocia, though the details of this war are unknown. Hellenization continued under Mithridates V. He was the first king to widely recruit Greek mercenaries in the Aegean, he was honored at Delos, and he depicted himself as Apollo on his coins. Mithridates was assassinated at Sinope in 121/0, the details of which are unclear.[22]

Because both the sons of Mithridates V, Mithridates VI and Mithridates Chrestus, were still children, Pontus now came under the regency of his wife Laodice. She favored Chrestus, and Mithridates VI escaped the Pontic court. Legend would later say this was the time he traveled through Asia Minor, building his resistance to poisons and learning all of the languages of his subjects. He returned in 113 BC to depose his mother; she was thrown into prison, and he eventually had his brother killed.[23]

Mithridates VI Eupator

Bust of Mithridates VI from the Louvre

Mithridates VI Eupator, 'the Good Father', followed a decisive anti-Roman agenda, extolling Greek and Iranian culture against ever-expanding Roman influence. Rome had recently created the province of Asia in Anatolia, and it had also rescinded the region of Phrygia Major from Pontus during the reign of Laodice. Mithridates began his expansion by inheriting Lesser Armenia from King Antipater (precise date unknown, c.115–106) and by conquering the Kingdom of Colchis. Colchis was an important region in Black Sea trade – rich with gold, wax, hemp, and honey. The cities of the Tauric Chersonesus now appealed for his aid against the Scythians in the north. Mithridates sent 6,000 men under General Diophantus. After various campaigns in the north of the Crimea he controlled all of the Chersonesus. Mithridates also developed trade links with cities on the western Black Sea coast.[24]

At the time, Rome was fighting the Jugurthine and Cimbric wars. Mithridates and Nicomedes of Bithynia both invaded Paphlagonia and divided it amongst themselves. A Roman embassy was sent, but it accomplished nothing. Mithridates also took a part of Galatia that had previously been part of his father's kingdom and intervened in Cappadocia, where his sister Laodice was queen. In 116 the king of Cappadocia, Ariarathes VI, was murdered by the Cappadocian noble Gordius at the behest of Mithridates, and Laodice ruled as regent over the sons of Ariarathes until 102 BC. After Nicomedes III of Bithynia married Laodice, he tried to intervene in the region by sending troops; Mithridates swiftly invaded, placing his nephew Ariarathes VII of Cappadocia on the throne of Cappadocia. War soon broke out between the two, and Mithridates invaded with a large Pontic army, but Ariarathes VII was murdered in 101 BC before any battle was fought. Mithridates then installed his eight-year-old son, Ariarathes IX of Cappadocia as king, with Gordius as regent. In 97 Cappadocia rebelled, but the uprising was swiftly put down by Mithridates. Afterwards, Mithridates and Nicomedes III both sent embassies to Rome. The Roman Senate decreed that Mithridates had to withdraw from Cappadocia and Nicomedes from Paphlagonia. Mithridates obliged, and the Romans installed Ariobarzanes in Cappadocia. In 91/90 BC, while Rome was busy in the Social War in Italy, Mithridates encouraged his new ally and son-in-law, King Tigranes the Great of Armenia, to invade Cappadocia, which he did, and Ariobarzanes fled to Rome. Mithridates then deposed Nicomedes IV from Bithynia, placing Socrates Chrestus on the throne.[25]

The First Mithridatic War

A Roman army under Manius Aquillius arrived in Asia Minor in 90 BC, which prompted Mithridates and Tigranes to withdraw. Cappadocia and Bithynia were restored to their respective monarchs, but then faced large debts to Rome due to their bribes for the Roman senators, and Nicomedes IV was eventually convinced by Aquillius to attack Pontus in order to repay the debts. He plundered as far as Amastris, and returned with much loot. Mithridates invaded Cappadocia once again, and Rome declared war.[26][pages needed]

In the summer of 89 BC, Mithridates invaded Bithynia and defeated Nicomedes and Aquillius in battle. He moved swiftly into Roman Asia and resistance crumbled; by 88 he had obtained the surrender of most of the newly created province. He was welcomed in many cities, where the residents chafed under Roman tax farming. In 88 Mithridates also ordered the massacre of at least 80,000 Romans and Italians in what became known as the 'Asiatic Vespers'. Many Greek cities in Asia Minor happily carried out the orders; this ensured that they could no longer return to an alliance with Rome. In the autumn of 88 Mithridates also placed Rhodes under siege, but he failed to take it.[27]

In Athens, anti-Roman elements were emboldened by the news and soon formed an alliance with Mithridates. A joint Pontic–Athenian naval expedition took Delos in 88 BC, and granted the city to Athens. Many Greek city-states now joined Mithridates, including Sparta, the Achaean League, and most of the Boeotian League except Thespiae. Finally, in 87 BC, Lucius Cornelius Sulla set out from Italy with five legions. He marched through Boeotia, which quickly surrendered, and began laying siege to Athens and the Piraeus (the Athenian port city, no longer connected by the Long Walls). Athens fell in March 86 BC, and the city was sacked. After stiff resistance, Archelaus, the Pontic general in Piraeus, left by sea, and Sulla utterly destroyed the port city. Meanwhile, Mithridates had sent his son Arcathias with a large army via Thrace into Greece.[28]

Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Sulla now headed north, seeking the fertile plains of Boeotia to supply his army. At the Battle of Chaeronea, Sulla inflicted severe casualties on Archelaus, who nevertheless retreated and continued to raid Greece with the Pontic fleet. Archelaus regrouped and attacked a second time at the Battle of Orchomenus in 85 BC but was once again defeated and suffered heavy losses. As a result of the losses and the unrest they stirred in Asia Minor, as well as the presence of the Roman army now campaigning in Bithynia, Mithridates was forced to accept a peace deal. Mithridates and Sulla met in 85 BC at Dardanus. Sulla decreed that Mithridates had to surrender Roman Asia and return Bithynia and Cappadocia to their former kings. He also had to pay 2,000 talents and provide ships. Mithridates would retain the rest of his holdings and become an ally of Rome.[29]

Second and Third Mithridatic wars

The treaty agreed with Sulla was not to last. From 83 to 82 BC Mithridates fought against and defeated Licinius Murena, who had been left by Sulla to organize the province of Asia. The so-called Second Mithridatic war ended without any territorial gains by either side. The Romans now began securing the coastal region of Lycia and Pamphylia from pirates and established control over Pisidia and Lycaonia. When in 74 the consul Lucullus took over Cilicia, Mithridates faced Roman commanders on two fronts. The Cilician pirates had not been completely defeated, and Mithridates signed an alliance with them. He was also allied with the government of Quintus Sertorius in Spain and with his help reorganized some of his troops in the Roman legionary pattern with short stabbing swords.

The Third Mithridatic war broke out when Nicomedes IV of Bithynia died without heirs in 75 and left his kingdom to Rome. In 74 BC Rome mobilized its armies in Asia Minor, probably provoked by some move made by Mithridates, but our sources are not clear on this. In 73 Mithridates invaded Bithynia, and his fleet defeated the Romans off Chalcedon and laid siege to Cyzicus. Lucullus marched from Phrygia with his five legions and forced Mithridates to retreat to Pontus.[30] In 72 BC Lucullus invaded Pontus through Galatia and marched north following the river Halys to the north coast, he besieged Amisus, which withstood until 70 BC. In 71 he marched through the Iris and Lycus river valleys and established his base in Cabeira. Mithridates sent his cavalry to cut the Roman supply line to Cappadocia in the south, but they suffered heavy casualties. Mithridates, still unwilling to fight a decisive engagement, now began a retreat to Lesser Armenia, where he expected aid from his ally Tigranes the Great. Because of his now weakened cavalry, the retreat turned into an all-out rout, and most of the Pontic army was destroyed or captured. These events led Machares, the son of Mithridates and ruler of the Crimean Bosporus, to seek an alliance with Rome. Mithridates fled to Armenia.[31]

In the summer of 69 Lucullus invaded Armenian territory, marching with 12,000 men through Cappadocia into Sophene. His target was Tigranocerta, the new capital of Tigranes's empire. Tigranes retreated to gather his forces. Lucullus laid siege to the city, and Tigranes returned with his army, including large numbers of heavily armored cavalrymen, termed Cataphracts, vastly outnumbering Lucullus' force. Despite this, Lucullus led his men in a charge against the Armenian horses and won a great victory at the Battle of Tigranocerta. Tigranes fled north while Lucullus destroyed his new capital city and dismantled his holdings in the south by granting independence to Sophene and returning Syria to the Seleucid king Antiochus XIII Asiaticus. In 68 BC Lucullus invaded northern Armenia, ravaging the country and capturing Nisibis, but Tigranes avoided battle. Meanwhile, Mithridates invaded Pontus, and in 67 he defeated a large Roman force near Zela. Lucullus, now in command of tired and discontented troops, withdrew to Pontus, then to Galatia. He was replaced by two new consuls arriving from Italy with fresh legions, Marcius Rex and Acilius Glabrio. Mithridates now recovered Pontus while Tigranes invaded Cappadocia.[32]

In response to increasing pirate activity in the eastern Mediterranean, the senate granted Pompey extensive proconsular Imperium throughout the Mediterranean in 67 BC. Pompey eliminated the pirates, and in 66 he was assigned command in Asia Minor to deal with Pontus. Pompey organized his forces, close to 45,000 legionaries, including Lucullus' troops, and signed an alliance with the Parthians, who attacked and kept Tigranes busy in the east. Mithridates massed his army, some 30,000 men and 2,000–3,000 cavalry, in the heights of Dasteira in lesser Armenia. Pompey fought to encircle him with earthworks for six weeks, but Mithridates eventually retreated north. Pompey pursued and managed to catch his forces by surprise in the night, and the Pontic army suffered heavy casualties. After the battle, Pompey founded the city of Nicopolis. Mithridates fled to Colchis, and later to his son Machares in the Crimea in 65 BC. Pompey now headed east into Armenia, where Tigranes submitted to him, placing his royal diadem at his feet. Pompey took most of Tigranes' empire in the east but allowed him to remain as king of Armenia. Meanwhile, Mithridates was organizing a defense of the Crimea when his son Pharnaces led the army in revolt; Mithridates was forced to commit suicide or was assassinated.[33]

Roman province and client kingdoms

Anatolia in the early 1st century AD with Pontus as a Roman client state
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. The Bosporan Kingdom also remained independent under Pharnaces II of Pontus as an ally and friend of Rome. Colchis was also made into a client kingdom. Pharnaces II later made an attempt at reconquering Pontus. During the civil war of Caesar and Pompey, he invaded Asia Minor (48 BC), taking Colchis, lesser Armenia, Pontus, and Cappadocia and defeating a Roman army at Nicopolis. Caesar responded swiftly and defeated him at Zela, where he uttered the famous phrase 'Veni, vidi, vici'.[34] Pontic kings continued to rule the client Kingdom of Pontus, Colchis, and Cilicia until Polemon II was forced to abdicate the Pontic throne by Nero in AD 62.

Coinage

Although the Pontic kings claimed descent from the Persian royal house, they generally acted as Hellenistic kings and portrayed themselves as such in their coins, mimicking Alexander's royal stater.[15]

Military

The army of the Pontic Kingdom had a varied ethnic composition, as it recruited its soldiers from all over the kingdom. The standing army included Armenians, Bastarnae, Bithynians, Cappadocians, Galatians, Heniochoi, Iazyges, Koralloi, Leucosyrians, Phrygians, Sarmatians, Scythians, Tauri, and Thracians, as well as soldiers from other areas around the Black Sea. The Greeks who served in the military were not part of the standing army, but rather fought as citizens of their respective cities.[35] Like many Hellenistic armies, the army of Pontus adopted the Macedonian phalanx; it fielded a corps of Chalkaspides ('bronze-shields'), for example against Sulla at the Battle of Chaeronea,[36] while at the same battle 15,000 phalangites were recruited from freed slaves.[37] Pontus also fielded various cavalry units, including cataphracts.[38] In addition to normal cavalry Pontus also fielded scythed chariots.[39] Under Mithridates VI Pontus also fielded a corps of 120,000 troops armed "in the Roman fashion" and "drilled in the Roman phalanx formation".[40] These units imitated Roman legions, although it is disputed to what degree they achieved this.[citation needed]

The navy was organized in a similar fashion as the army. While the kingdom itself provided the main contingent of ships, a small portion represented the Greek cities. The crewmen either came from the various tribes of the kingdom, or were of Greek origin.[35]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Brian McGing, “PONTUS,” Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, 2004, available at https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/pontus
  2. ^ The Foreign Policy of Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus, by B. C. McGing, p. 11
  3. ^ Children of Achilles: The Greeks in Asia Minor Since the Days of Troy, by John Freely, p. 69–70
  4. ^ Strabo of Amasia: A Greek Man of Letters in Augustan Rome, by Daniela Dueck, p. 3.
  5. ^ a b c d McGing, Brian (2004). "Pontus". Encyclopaedia Iranica, online edition. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
  6. ^ Bosworth, A. B.; Wheatley, P. V. (November 1998). "The origins of the Pontic house". The Journal of Hellenic Studies. 118: 155–164. doi:10.2307/632236. ISSN 2041-4099. JSTOR 632236. S2CID 162855144.
  7. ^ Strabo Geography 12.3
  8. ^ Östenberg, Ida (December 2013). "Veni Vidi Vici and Caesar's Triumph". Classical Quarterly. 63 (2): 819. doi:10.1017/S0009838813000281. ISSN 0009-8388. S2CID 170291549.
  9. ^ Kantor, Georgy (2012), "Mithradatic wars", The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Blackwell Publishing, doi:10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah09172, ISBN 9781444338386
  10. ^ Children of Achilles: The Greeks in Asia Minor Since the Days of Troy, by John Freely, p. 69–70
  11. ^ The Foreign Policy of Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus, by B. C. McGing, p. 11
  12. ^ Crook, Lintott & Rawson, The Cambridge Ancient History. Volume IX. The Last Age of the Roman Republic, 146–43 B.C., p. 133–136.
  13. ^ Cambridge Ancient v. 9, p. 137.
  14. ^ David Ulansey, The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries, p. 89.
  15. ^ a b B. C. McGing, The foreign policy of Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus, p. 10–11.
  16. ^ Xenophon "Cyropaedia", VIII 8.4
  17. ^ Appian "the Mithridatic wars", II
  18. ^ McGing, 16–17.
  19. ^ McGing, 17–23.
  20. ^ Polybius "Histories", XXIV. 1, 5, 8, 9 XXV. 2
  21. ^ Polybius, XXXIII.12
  22. ^ McGing, 36–39.
  23. ^ Cambridge Ancient v. 9, p. 133.
  24. ^ Cambridge Ancient v. 9, p. 137–138.
  25. ^ Cambridge Ancient v. 9, 141–144.
  26. ^ Appian, II
  27. ^ Cambridge Ancient v. 9, 146–49.
  28. ^ Cambridge Ancient v. 9, 150–54.
  29. ^ Cambridge Ancient v. 9, 155–60.
  30. ^ Cambridge Ancient v. 9, 229–36.
  31. ^ Cambridge Ancient v. 9, 237–39.
  32. ^ Cambridge Ancient v. 9, 240–44.
  33. ^ Cambridge Ancient v. 9, 249–54.
  34. ^ John Hazel "Who's who in the Greek world", p. 179.
  35. ^ a b Stefanidou Vera, "Kingdom of Pontus", 2008, Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia Minor
  36. ^ Plutarch, Life of Sulla, 16.7
  37. ^ Plutarch, Life of Sulla, 18.5
  38. ^ The Cambridge Companion to the Hellenistic World by Glenn R. Bugh, p. 272
  39. ^ Plutarch, Life of Sulla, 15.1
  40. ^ Plutarch, Life of Lucullus. 7.4

Bibliography

Modern sources

Ancient sources

  • Polybius, the histories.
  • Appian, the foreign wars.
  • Memnon of Heraclea, history of Heraclea.
  • Strabo, Geographica.
  • Plutarch, Parallel lives. 'Demetrius'.

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American television series This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources.Find sources: The Butcher TV series – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2020) The ButcherGenreRealityPresented byColby DonaldsonJudgesDavid BudworthRoxanne SpruanceMichael SullivanComposersErik Blicker, Glenn SchlossCou…

RehobTel RehovMosaik Rehob dari Khirbet Farwana/Horvat Parva dekat Tel RehovLokasi di IsraelKoordinat32°27′26″N 35°29′54″E / 32.457125°N 35.498242°E / 32.457125; 35.498242 Rehob (juga Rehov), yang berarti luas, tempat lebar,[1] adalah kota Zaman Perunggu dan Zaman Besi yang terletak di Tel Rehov (Ibrani: תל רחוב), sebuah situs arkeologi di Lembah Yordan, Israel, kira-kira 5 kilometer (3,1 mi) selatan kota Beit She'an dan 3 kilometer (1,9…

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Bilateral relationsMorocco – United States relations Morocco United States Relations between the Kingdom of Morocco and the United States of America date back to the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) and specifically since 1777 when the sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah became the first monarch to help the United States. Morocco remains one of America's oldest and closest allies in North Africa, a status affirmed by Morocco's zero-tolerance policy towards Al-Qaeda and their affiliated groups…

Great Jones Building The Great Jones Building is a building in Downtown Houston at the intersection of Capitol Street and Main Street. The Great Jones Building opened in 1908. Originally it housed the offices of the Texas Company, which later became Texaco. Jim Parsons of the Greater Houston Preservation Alliance (GHPA) believes that Sanguinet & Staats, a Fort Worth, Texas firm, may have designed the building. In 1922, the building received an expansion. When Texaco relocated to a building o…

Kepolisian Daerah Sulawesi Tengah dipimpin oleh seorang perwira tinggi Polri berpangkat Jenderal bintang dua atau Inspektur Jenderal Polisi dan saat ini di jabat oleh Inspektur Jenderal Polisi Agus Nugroho. Daftar Pejabat Berikut adalah para perwira tinggi Polri yang pernah menjabat sebagai Kepala Kepolisian Daerah Sulawesi Tengah: No. Kapolda Mulai Selesai Ref. Komandan Resor Angkatan Kepolisian Sulawesi Tengah 1. AKBP.Soekaryadi 1964 1966 2. AKBP.R. Katamsi 1966 1970 Komandan Komdim 3. AKBP.Pa…

Swedish singer, record producer and DJ (born 1984) BasshunterBasshunter performing in Halmstad, 2008BornJonas Erik Altberg (1984-12-22) 22 December 1984 (age 38)Halmstad, SwedenOccupationsSingerrecord producersongwriterDJYears active2001[a]–presentWorksDiscographysongsvideographyperformancesAwardsFull listMusical careerGenresEurodancetranceelectronic dance musicelectropopInstrument(s)VocalsprogrammingLabelsExtensive MusicWarner Music SwedenUltraBroma 16Warner Music Japan3 Bea…

Arena of Valor at the 2022 Asian GamesVenueChina Hangzhou Esports CenterDate24 – 26 September 2023Nations15[1]Medalists  Sun Linwei Luo Siyuan Lin Heng Chi Xiaoming Xu Bicheng Jiang Tao   China Lai Chia Chien Nicholas Ng Khai Shuan Ong Jun Yang Eng Jun Hao Yong Zhan Quan Chong Han Hui   Malaysia Vatcharanan Thaworn Anusak Manpdong Kawee Wachiraphas Sorawat Boonphrom Chayut Suebka   Thailand Main article: Esports at the 2022 Asian Games …

Hörður Magnússon Informasi pribadiNama lengkap Hörður Björgvin MagnússonTanggal lahir 11 Februari 1993 (umur 30)Tempat lahir Reykjavík, IslandiaTinggi 190 m (620 ft)Posisi bermain BekInformasi klubKlub saat ini A.C. Cesena (pinjaman dari Juventus)Nomor 17Karier junior1998–2010 Fram2011-2013 JuventusKarier senior*Tahun Tim Tampil (Gol)2009–2010 Fram 6 (0)2013– Juventus 0 (0)2013–2014 → Spezia Calcio (pinjaman) 22 (0)2014– → Cesena (pinjaman) 10 (0)Tim nasional…

Xīn Xiù map The Heart mansion (Chinese: 心宿; pinyin: Xīn Xiù; also called 商宿; Shāng Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon. Its prominent figure is the star Alpha Scorpii.[1] Asterisms English name Chinese name European constellation Number of stars Representing Heart 心 Scorpius 3 Azure Dragon's heart Group of Soldiers 積卒 Lupus 2 Military References ^ Marshall, S. J. (2002). …

Centro Olímpico de Hipismo, en el Parque Olímpico de Deodoro. El Centro Nacional Ecuestre, también conocido como Centro Olímpico Ecuestre durante los Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro 2016, es un centro ecuestre localizado en el Parque Olímpico de Deodoro, en Río de Janeiro, Brasil. Fue sede de los eventos de equitación de los Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro 2016 y de los Juegos Paralímpicos de Río de Janeiro 2016.[1]​ Referencias ↑ «Las sedes y las ciudades de los Jueg…

The first antiandrogen was discovered in the 1960s. Antiandrogens antagonise the androgen receptor (AR) and thereby block the biological effects of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Antiandrogens are important for men with hormonally responsive diseases like prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BHP), acne, seborrhea, hirsutism and androgen alopecia. Antiandrogens are mainly used for the treatment of prostate diseases.[1][2][3] Research from 2010 sugges…

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Phone call routing process This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources.Find sources: Trap and trace device – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2021) A trap and trace device captures incoming phone calls to a particular number, similar to a how a pen register captures outgoing phone calls. Desc…

Second-most populous city in Pennsylvania, United States This article is about the city in Pennsylvania. For the region, see Greater Pittsburgh. For other uses, see Pittsburgh (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Pittsburg. City in Pennsylvania, United StatesPittsburghCityDowntown PittsburghPhipps ConservatoryMexican War StreetsAndy Warhol MuseumPNC ParkDuquesne InclineCathedral of Learning FlagSealCoat of armsNicknames: City of Bridges, Steel City,City of Champions, The 'Burgh, The Pa…

District of Azerbaijan 40°38′N 48°40′E / 40.633°N 48.667°E / 40.633; 48.667 District in Mountainous Shirvan, AzerbaijanShamakhi DistrictDistrictMap of Azerbaijan showing Shamakhi DistrictCountry AzerbaijanRegionMountainous ShirvanEstablished8 August 1930CapitalShamakhiSettlements[1]63Government • GovernorTahir MammadovArea • Total1,670 km2 (640 sq mi)Population (2020)[2] • Total106,400…

2007 studio album by Will StrattonWhat the Night SaidStudio album by Will StrattonReleasedMay 1, 2007RecordedAstoria, Queens 2005GenreIndie folkLength33:28LabelStunning Models on DisplayProducerWill Stratton, Kieran KellyWill Stratton chronology What the Night Said(2007) No Wonder(2009) Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic [1]PopMatters9/10 [2] What the Night Said is the debut album from Will Stratton. It was recorded the summer after his senior year of h…

French sculptor Victor NicolasVictor Nicolas in his studio of Montmeyan in 1950.BornVictor Edmond Nicolas(1906-02-02)2 February 1906BrignolesDied16 July 1979(1979-07-16) (aged 73)MontmeyanNationalityFrenchEducation École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts Known forSculpture Victor Edmond Nicolas (2 February 1906 – 16 July 1979) was a French sculptor. Biography Victor Nicolas was born in Brignoles, the son of Nicolas Bertin (187…

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Species of bird Jameson's firefinch A female in Kruger National Park, South Africa Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Estrildidae Genus: Lagonosticta Species: L. rhodopareia Binomial name Lagonosticta rhodopareia(Heuglin, 1868) Jameson's firefinch (Lagonosticta rhodopareia) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Sub-Saharan Africa. It…

1st ArmyActiveMarch - May 191819 June 1918 - January 1921.Country Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicBranch Red ArmyPart ofEastern Front (RSFSR) (1918-1919)Turkestan Front (1919-1921).Seat of the Mobilization DepartmentSaranskEngagementsRussian Civil WarCommandersNotablecommandersMikhail Tukhachevsky; Hayk Bzhishkyan; Georgy Zinoviev; Pavel Zakharov; Joseph BlazevichMilitary unit The 1st Army was a field army of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. The 1st Army was formed twi…

2018 single by Jonas Blue featuring Jack & JackRiseSingle by Jonas Blue featuring Jack & Jackfrom the album Blue Released25 May 2018 (2018-05-25)GenreHouse-pop[1]Length3:13LabelPositivaVirgin EMISongwriter(s)Edward DrewettGuy RobinSamuel Roman [2]Producer(s)Jonas BlueJonas Blue singles chronology Alien (2018) Rise (2018) I See Love (2018) Jack & Jack singles chronology Stay with Me(2018) Rise(2018) No One Compares to You(2018) Iz*One singles…

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