Pharnaces

Pharnaces

Pharnaces is the name of two kings of Pontus:
*Pharnaces I of Pontus, first important ruler of the kingdom
*Pharnaces II of Pontus, famous for having made an unfortunate attempt to reconquer Pontus, crushed by Julius Caesar. He was the son of the famous Mithridates VI of Pontus

*Pharnaces is also the name of the founder of the Pharnacid Dynasty of satraps of Phrygia on the Hellespont under the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, and of one of his descendants (see Artabazus)


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  • Pharnaces I. — Pharnaces I., Sohn des pontischen Königs Mithridates IV., 184–157 v. Chr., ein gewaltthätiger, kriegerischer u. scharfblickender Fürst, mußte den Römern nachgeben, als diese den Eumenes von Pergamus, den Prusias von Bithynien u. den Ariarathes… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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  • Pharnaces II of Pontus — Pharnaces II (in Greek Φαρνάκης, died 47 BC) was the son of the great Mithridates VI of Pontus, a famed enemy of the Roman Republic. CoupHe was raised as his father s successor and treated with distinction. However, we know little of his youth… …   Wikipedia

  • Pharnaces I of Pontus — Pharnaces I (in Greek Φαρνάκης; lived 2nd century BC), fifth king of Pontus, was the son of Mithridates III, who he succeeded on the throne.rf|1|just 38.5 6. The date of his accession cannot be fixed with certainty; but it is certain, at least,… …   Wikipedia

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  • PARNACES — Pharnaces …   Abbreviations in Latin Inscriptions

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  • Battle of Nicopolis (48 BC) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Zela caption= partof= Caesar s civil war date=48 BC place=Nicopolis result=Pontian victory combatant1=Caesar s forces combatant2=Pharnacean forces commander1=Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus… …   Wikipedia

  • Caesar's civil war — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Caesar s Civil War partof=Roman Republican civil wars caption=Busts of Julius Caesar and Pompey, the protagonists in this war. date=January 10, 49 BC March 17, 45 BCCaesar s crossing of the Rubicon to the Battle …   Wikipedia

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