Mithridates I Ctistes (in Greek Mιθριδατης Kτιστης; reigned 302–266 BC) was the founder (this is the meaning of the word Ctistes) of the kingdom of Pontus in Anatolia. Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - Decades: 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 307 BC 306 BC 305 BC 304 BC 303 BC 302 BC 301 BC 300 BC 299 BC 298 BC Cassander becomes King of... 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... This page lists Kings of Pontus, an ancient kingdom in Anatolia. ... 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 of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) bordering on the Euxine (Black Sea), which was often called simply Pontos (the Main), by... Asia Minor lies east of the Bosporus, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. ...

In 302 or 301, shortly after having executed his father Mithridates of Cius, the diadoch Antigonus became suspicious also of the son, who had inherited the family dominion of Cius, and was induced to form the project of putting him to death. Mithridates Ktistes, however, received from Demetrius Poliorcetes timely notice of his father's intentions, and fled with a few followers to Paphlagonia, where he occupied a strong fortress, called Cimiata, and being joined by numerous bodies of troops from different quarters, gradually extended his dominions in Pontus so posing the foundations for the birth of the new kingdom, which may be judged to have arised about 281 BC when Mithridates assumed the title of basileus (king).¹ In the same year we find him concluding an alliance with the town of Heraclea Pontica, in Bithynia, to protect them against Seleucus²; and at a subsequent period, availing himself of the services of the Gauls, then lately settled in Asia, to overthrow a force sent against him by Ptolemy, king of Egypt.³ These are the events recorded of his reign, which lasted thirty-six years.⁴ He was succeeded by his son Ariobarzanes. He seems to have been buried in a royal grave near the kingdom's capital, Amasia; next to him will be buried all the kings of Pontus till the fall of Sinope in 183 BC. Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - Decades: 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 307 BC 306 BC 305 BC 304 BC 303 BC 302 BC 301 BC 300 BC 299 BC 298 BC Cassander becomes King of... Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - Decades: 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 306 BC 305 BC 304 BC 303 BC 302 BC 301 BC 300 BC 299 BC 298 BC 297 BC Battle of Ipsus: King... Mithridates of Cius (in Greek Mιθριδατης or Mιθραδατης; lived c. ... In general, the word Diadochi means successors in Greek, such that the neoplatonic refounders of Platos Academy in Late Antiquity referred to themselves as diadochi (of Plato). ... Antigonus I Cyclops or Monophthalmos (the One-eyed, so called from his having lost an eye) (382 BC - 301 BC) was a Macedonian nobleman, general, and satrap under Alexander the Great. ... Kios (also known as Cius) was an ancient Greek town bordering the Propontis (now known as the Sea of Marmara), and had as such a long history, being mentioned by Homer, Aristoteles and Strabo. ... Demetrius I (337-283 BC), surnamed Poliorcetes (Besieger), son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus and Stratonice, was a king of Macedon (294 - 288 BC). ... 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. ... Cimiatene (in Greek Kιμιατηνη) was an ancient division of Paphlagonia, which took its name from a hill fort, Cimiata, at the foot of the range of Olgassys. ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC - 280s BC - 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 286 BC 285 BC 284 BC 283 BC 282 BC 281 BC 280 BC 279 BC 278... A silver coin of the Seleucid king Antiochus I Soter. ... Heraclea was the name of a large number of ancient cities founded by the Greeks. ... This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Silver coin of Seleucus. ... Gallia (in English Gaul) is the Latin name for the region of western Europe occupied by present-day France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. ... Ptolemy I Soter (367 BC–283 BC) was the ruler of Egypt (323 BC - 283 BC) and founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty. ... Ariobarzanes (in Greek Aριoβαρζανης; reigned 266–c. ... Ottoman houses and a pontic tomb in Amasya Amasya (formerly Amaseia or Amasia) is a town in northern Turkey, the capital of Amasya Province with approximately 80,000 inhabitants. ... For other meanings of Sinop/Sinope, see Sinope Sinop (also Sinope) is a city with a population of 47,000 on the coast of the Black Sea, in the modern region of Galatia in modern-day northern Turkey, historically known as Sinope. ... Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC - 180s BC - 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC Years: 188 BC 187 BC 186 BC 185 BC 184 BC - 183 BC - 182 BC 181 BC...

According to Appian⁵ he was eighth in descent from the first satrap of Pontus under Darius the Great and sixth in ascending order from Mithridates Eupator; but the point is controversial, since Plutarch⁶ writes that eight generations of kings of Pontus stemmed from him before Roman subjection. Appian (Gr. ... Seal of Darius I, showing the king hunting on his chariot, and the Faravahar Darius the Great (ca. ... Mithridates VI of Pontus, (132 BC- 63 BC), called Eupator Dionysius, also known as Mithridates the Great, was the king of Pontus in Asia Minor and one of Romes most formidable and successful enemies, meeting and engaging three of the most successful generals of the late Republic. ... Plutarch Mestrius Plutarchus (ca. ...

Mithridates of Cius (in Greek Mιθριδατης or Mιθραδατης; lived c. ... Ariobarzanes (in Greek Aριoβαρζανης; reigned 266–c. ...

References

• Appian, The foreign wars, Horace White (translator), New York, (1899)
• Hazel, John; Who's Who in the Greek World, "Mithridates I" (1999)
• Memnon, History of Heracleia, Andrew Smith (translator), (2004)
• Plutarch, Parallel Lives, "Demetrius", John & William Langhorne (translator), (1770)
• Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Mithridates III", Boston, (1867)
• Strabo, Geography, H. C. Hamilton & W. Falconer (translators), London, (1903)

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