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Personal data Pharnaces I King of Pontus (Pharnaces I) "Φαρνάκης του Πόντου" King of Pontus 

• Nickname is Φαρνάκης του Πόντου.
• He was born about -225 in Pontus,Anatolia,Syria.
• He died about -170 in (Pontus), Turkey.
• A child of Mithradates III Euergetes and Laodice
• This information was last updated on March 20, 2012.

Household of Pharnaces I King of Pontus (Pharnaces I) "Φαρνάκης του Πόντου" King of Pontus

He had a relationship with Nysa Queen of Pontus Queen of Pontus.

Child(ren):

1. Mithradates V King of Pontus King of Pontus  ± 184-± 120 

Notes about Pharnaces I King of Pontus (Pharnaces I) "Φαρνάκης του Πόντου" King of Pontus

Birth: in bef. 190 BC
Death: in c. 169 BC
Event: Ancestor M
Event: Ruled 190 - 169 BC, King of Pontus 1
Note: Sinop, historically SINOPE, seaport on the southern coast of the Black Sea, northern Turkey. It lies on an isthmus linking the Boztepe Peninsula to the mainland and is shut off from the Anatolian Plateau to the south by high, forest-clad mountains. According to legend, Sinope was founded by the Amazons, who named it after their queen, Sinova. The city's ancient inhabitants ascribed its foundation to Autolycus, a companion of Hercules. Destroyed by the wandering Cimmerians, it was refounded toward the end of the 7th century BC by a colony of Milesians. It ultimately became the most flourishing Greek settlement on the Euxine (Black) Sea. As a terminus of the trade routes from Upper Mesopotamia, it commanded much of the maritime trade of the Pontic region and by the 5th century BC had established many colonies on the coast and enjoyed naval supremacy in the Black Sea. In 183 BC it was taken by Pharnaces I and became the capital of the Pontic kings. Under Mithridates VI the Great, who was born there (as was the 4th-century-BC founder of the Cynic sect, Diogenes), it enjoyed a high degree of prosperity and was embellished with fine buildings, naval arsenals, and well-built harbours. The Roman Lucius Licinius Lucullus captured the seaport in 70 BC, and the city was nearly destroyed by fire.

Birth: in bef. 190 BC
Death: in c. 169 BC
Event: Ancestor M
Event: Ruled 190 - 169 BC, King of Pontus 1
Note: Sinop, historically SINOPE, seaport on the southern coast of the Black Sea, northern Turkey. It lies on an isthmus linking the Boztepe Peninsula to the mainland and is shut off from the Anatolian Plateau to the south by high, forest-clad mountains. According to legend, Sinope was founded by the Amazons, who named it after their queen, Sinova. The city's ancient inhabitants ascribed its foundation to Autolycus, a companion of Hercules. Destroyed by the wandering Cimmerians, it was refounded toward the end of the 7th century BC by a colony of Milesians. It ultimately became the most flourishing Greek settlement on the Euxine (Black) Sea. As a terminus of the trade routes from Upper Mesopotamia, it commanded much of the maritime trade of the Pontic region and by the 5th century BC had established many colonies on the coast and enjoyed naval supremacy in the Black Sea. In 183 BC it was taken by Pharnaces I and became the capital of the Pontic kings. Under Mithridates VI the Great, who was born there (as was the 4th-century-BC founder of the Cynic sect, Diogenes), it enjoyed a high degree of prosperity and was embellished with fine buildings, naval arsenals, and well-built harbours. The Roman Lucius Licinius Lucullus captured the seaport in 70 BC, and the city was nearly destroyed by fire.

Birth: in bef. 190 BC
Death: in c. 169 BC
Event: Ancestor M
Event: Ruled 190 - 169 BC, King of Pontus 1
Note: Sinop, historically SINOPE, seaport on the southern coast of the Black Sea, northern Turkey. It lies on an isthmus linking the Boztepe Peninsula to the mainland and is shut off from the Anatolian Plateau to the south by high, forest-clad mountains. According to legend, Sinope was founded by the Amazons, who named it after their queen, Sinova. The city's ancient inhabitants ascribed its foundation to Autolycus, a companion of Hercules. Destroyed by the wandering Cimmerians, it was refounded toward the end of the 7th century BC by a colony of Milesians. It ultimately became the most flourishing Greek settlement on the Euxine (Black) Sea. As a terminus of the trade routes from Upper Mesopotamia, it commanded much of the maritime trade of the Pontic region and by the 5th century BC had established many colonies on the coast and enjoyed naval supremacy in the Black Sea. In 183 BC it was taken by Pharnaces I and became the capital of the Pontic kings. Under Mithridates VI the Great, who was born there (as was the 4th-century-BC founder of the Cynic sect, Diogenes), it enjoyed a high degree of prosperity and was embellished with fine buildings, naval arsenals, and well-built harbours. The Roman Lucius Licinius Lucullus captured the seaport in 70 BC, and the city was nearly destroyed by fire.

Pharnaces I of Pontus
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pharnaces I (in Greek Fa??????; lived 2nd century BC), fifth king of Pontus, was the son of Mithridates III, who he succeeded on the throne.1. The date of his accession cannot be fixed with certainty; but it is certain, at least, that he was on the throne before 183 BC, in which year he succeeded in reducing the important city of Sinope, which had been long an object of ambition to the kings of Pontus. The Rhodians sent an embassy to Rome to complain of this aggression, but without effect.2 About the same time Pharnaces became involved in disputes with his neighbour, Eumenes II, king of Pergamon, which led to repeated embassies from both monarchs to Rome, as well as to partial hostilities. But in the spring of 181, without waiting for the return of his ambassadors, Pharnaces suddenly attacked both Eumenes II and Ariarathes IV, and invaded Galatia with a large force. Eumenes opposed him at the head of an army: but hostilities were soon suspended by the arrival of the Roman deputies, appointed by the senate to inquire into the matters in dispute. Negoiations were accordingly opened at Pergamon but led to no result, the demands of Pharnaces being rejected by the Romans as unreasonable; and the war was in consequence renewed. It continued, apparently with various interruptions, until the summer of 179 BC, when Pharnaces, finding himself unable to cope with the combined forces of Eumenes and Ariarathes, was compelled to purchase peace by the cession of all his conquests in Galatia and Paphlagonia, with the exception of Sinope.3 How long he continued to reign after this we know not; but it appears, from an incidental notice, that he was still on the throne in 170 BC, while he was certainly dead in 154, when his brother Mithridates IV is mentioned as king.4 Polybius accuses him of having an arrogant and violent character, siding with the opinion of Eumenes and the Romans.

Preceded by:
Mithridates III King of Pontus
c. 190 BC – c. 155 BC Succeeded by:
Mithridates IV
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References

* Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Pharnaces I", Boston, (1867)

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Notes
1 Justin, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus, xxxviii. 5, 6
2 Polybius, Histories, xxiii. 9; Strabo, Geography, xii. 3; Livy, Ab urbe condita, xl. 2
3 Polybius, xxiv. 1, 5, 8, 9 xxv. 2; Livy, xl. 20; Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, xxix
4 Polybius, xxvii. 17

{geni:about_me} King of Pontos, in modern-day northern Turkey. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kings_of_Pontus

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King of Pontus 185-159 BC

KING OF PONTOS 190-169 BC

He ruled Pontos from 185 to 169 bc.

He ruled Pontos from 185 to 169 bc.

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