Born at Sinope B. The republic had acquired Pergamus in B. There were three Roman armies in different parts of the peninsula when war broke out, 88 B. Mithradates attacked them separately and over-threw them all. He then planned and executed a general massacre of all the Romans in Asia Minor, and 80, persons were cut down.
Sulla by patient effort restored the fortunes of Rome, and the first war ended in a drawn game; each party had taken the measure of its antagonist, but neither had been able to oust the other. The second war began in the year 74, with Lucullus as the Roman general. Lucullus took Amisus by siege, chased Mithradates to Cabira, modern Niksar, scattered his army and drove the oriental sultan out of his country. Subsequently on his return to Rome, Lucullus carried from Kerasoun the first cherries known to the western world.
In the third war the hero on the Roman side was the masterful Pompey, appointed in 66 B. As a result of this war, Mithradates was completely vanquished. His dominions were finally and permanently incorporated in the territories of the Roman republic. The aged king, breathing out wrath and forming impossible plans against his lifelong enemies, died in exile in the Crimea from poison administered by his own hand.
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. It was during the Roman period that Christianity entered this province.
There were Jews dwelling in Pontus, devout representatives of whom were in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost Acts Otomandar Inperioaren garaietan, bertako greziarrak pixkanaka-pixkanaka, erabiliz, turkiar bilakatu eta islamiartu zituzten, nahiz eta XX. Egun, administratiboki, Turkiako Itsaso Beltzeko eskualdea da. Kini, Pontus terletak di Turki modern. Wilayah ini terkenal akan kesuburannya. Ceri dibawa dari Pontus ke Eropa pada tahun 72 SM. Het Pontisch Gebergte is bepalend voor de zuidgrens van het gebied.
De huidige benaming is in Turkije Karadeniz. De lingua-franca is Turks. Il territorio del Ponto corrispondeva ai territori dell'Impero di Trebisonda durante il periodo medievale. This was an important addition and he moved his residence from Amasia to the former Paphlagonian city of Sinope. During his reign, the Seleucid Empire started its protracted decline and Pontus was now one of the most powerful states in Anatolia.
Mithridates V was succeeded by Mithridates VI Eupator , who was able to conquer Colchis more or less modern Georgia and the Bosporan Kingdom the Crimea and expand his kingdom along the eastern and northern shores of the Black Sea. He also gained control in smaller kingdoms in post-Seleucid Anatolia Galatia, Cappadocia and allied himself to Bithynia and Armenia.
Having expanded his power base, he embarked upon an anti-Roman policy. Between 90 and 65, he waged three wars against Rome, eventually losing his kingdom and his life. From now on, Rome was the new master of Anatolia. This was not the end, however. He had been too optimistic about his chances.
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