Ariobarzanes (in Greek Aριoβαρζανης; reigned 266–c. 250 BC) was the second king of Pontus, succeeding his father Mithridates I Ctistes in 266 BC and died in an uncertain date between 258 and 240. He obtained possession of the city of Amastris in Paphlagonia, which was surrendered to him.¹ Ariobarzanes and his father sought the assistance of the Gauls, who had come into Asia Minor twelve years before the death of Mithridates, to expel the Egyptians sent by Ptolemy II Philadelphus.² Ariobarzanes was succeeded by Mithridates II. Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC - 260s BC - 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 271 BC 270 BC 269 BC 268 BC 267 BC 266 BC - 265 BC 264 BC 263... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC - 250s BC - 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC Years: 255 BC 254 BC 253 BC 252 BC 251 BC - 250 BC - 249 BC 248 BC... This page lists Kings of Pontus, an ancient kingdom in Anatolia. ... The ponti people are also known as the dunce peoples of greece For Pontus the Greek god, see Pontus (mythology) After the colonisation of the Anatolian shores by the Ionian Greeks, Pontus soon became a name which was applied, in ancient times, to extensive tracts of country in the northeast... Mithridates I Ktistes (in Greek Mιθριδατης Kτιστης; reigned 302–266 BC) was the founder (this is the meaning of the word Ktistes) of the kingdom of Pontus in Anatolia. ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC - 260s BC - 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 271 BC 270 BC 269 BC 268 BC 267 BC 266 BC - 265 BC 264 BC 263... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC - 250s BC - 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC Years: 263 BC 262 BC 261 BC 260 BC 259 BC - 258 BC - 257 BC 256 BC... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC - 240s BC - 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC Years: 245 BC 244 BC 243 BC 242 BC 241 BC - 240 BC - 239 BC 238 BC... Amasra (pop. ... Paphlagonia was an ancient area on the northern central Black Sea coast of Anatolia, situated between Bithynia and Pontus, separated from Galatia by a prolongation to the east of the Bithynian Olympus. ... Map of Gaul circa 58 BC Gaul (from Latin Gallia, c. ... Asia Minor lies east of the Bosporus, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. ... Head of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (309-246 BC), with Arsinoë II. Ptolemy II Philadelphus (309-246 BC), was the ruler of Egypt (he was not technically the pharaoh because he was not ethnically Egyptian) from 281 BC to 246 BC. He was of a delicate constitution, no Macedonian warrior-chief... Mithridates II (in Greek Mιθριδατης; lived 3rd century BC), third king of Pontus and son of Ariobarzanes, whom he succeeded on the throne. ...

Mithridates I Ktistes (in Greek Mιθριδατης Kτιστης; reigned 302–266 BC) was the founder (this is the meaning of the word Ktistes) of the kingdom of Pontus in Anatolia. ... Mithridates II (in Greek Mιθριδατης; lived 3rd century BC), third king of Pontus and son of Ariobarzanes, whom he succeeded on the throne. ...

References

• Hazel, John; Who's who in the Greek world, (1999), "Ariobarzanes"
• Memnon, History of Heracleia, Andrew Smith (translator), (2004)
• Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Ariobarzanes III", Boston, (1867)

Memnon (in Greek Mεμνων; lived possibly 1st century CE) was a Greek historical writer, a native probably of Heraclea Pontica. ... Sir William Smith (1813 - 1893), English lexicographer, was born at Enfield in 1813 of Nonconformist parents. ... Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology is a encyclopedia/biographical dictionary. ... Alternative meanings: Boston (disambiguation) The 18th-century Old State House in Boston is surrounded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries. ...

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