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    Pharnaces II of Pontus (Greek: Φαρνάκης; about 97–47 BC) was the king of the Bosporan Kingdom and Kingdom of Pontus until his death. He was a monarch of...
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  • satraps of Hellespontine Phrygia Pharnaces II of Phrygia (fl. 430 BCE – 413 BCE), satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia Pharnaces (Persian noble) (died 334 BCE)...
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    Pharnaces II (Old Iranian: Farnaka; fl. 430 BCE - 422 BCE) ruled the satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia under the Achaemenid Dynasty of Persia. Hellespontine...
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    Pontus, Pharnaces II, who tried to restore the kingdom of Mithridates Eupator. After the death of Mithridates, Pompey made his son Pharnaces king of the...
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    conscription and preparations for war. In 63 BC, another of his sons, Pharnaces II of Pontus, led a rebellion against his father, joined by Roman exiles...
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    Pharnaces I (Greek: Φαρνάκης; lived 2nd century BC) was the fifth king of Pontus. Of Persian and Greek ancestry, he was the son of King Mithridates III...
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    Roman forces sought battle with Pharnaces II. They met at the Battle of Nicopolis in eastern Anatolia, where Pharnaces II defeated the Roman army and overran...
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    years following the death of Mithridates II, when his son Mithridates III ruled (c. 220–198/88). Pharnaces I of Pontus was much more successful in his...
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    47 BC after he had achieved a quick victory in his short war against Pharnaces II of Pontus at the Battle of Zela (modern-day Zile, Turkey). The phrase...
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    The Battle of Zela was fought in 47 BC between Julius Caesar and Pharnaces II of the Kingdom of Pontus. The battle took place near Zela (modern Zile),...
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    Kingdom of Armenia and the Bosporan Kingdom ruled by Mithridates's son, Pharnaces II became allied client states of Rome after the conclusion of the wars...
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    his family and early life. He started his career as a general under Pharnaces II, the king of the Bosporus. According to some scholars, Asander took as...
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    and statesman, and Satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia. He was the son of Pharnaces II of Phrygia and grandson of Pharnabazus I, and great-grandson of Artabazus...
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  • for a year. Civil War: August – Julius Caesar leads victory against Pharnaces II of Pontus and at the Battle of Zela. August – Julius Caesar quells a...
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  • may refer to: Battle of Zela, a 47 BC battle between Julius Caesar and Pharnaces II of The Kingdom of Pontus Battle of Zela (67 BC), a battle in the Third...
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    Philip II of Macedon (Greek: Φίλιππος Philippos; 382 BC – October 336 BC) was the king (basileus) of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia from 359 BC until...
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    fascines" to quickly gain an advantageous position over the army of Pharnaces II, removing them afterwards to protect their own camp. Subsequently, the...
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    Cleopatra Selene II (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Σελήνη; summer 40 BC – c. 5 BC; the numeration is modern) was a Ptolemaic princess, Queen of Numidia (briefly in...
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    child was his, as he allowed use of the name. Aware of the civil war, Pharnaces II desired to reclaim his father's lands lost during the Third Mithridatic...
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  • dynasty, founder of the Pharnacid dynasty of satraps. He was the son of Pharnaces, who was the younger brother of Hystaspes, father of Darius I. Artabazos...
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    Antiochus II Theos (Greek: Ἀντίοχος Θεός, Antiochos; 286 – July 246 BC) was a Greek king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire who reigned from 261 to 246...
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    governor and son-in-law Asander. Before the death of Pharnaces II, Asander had married Pharnaces II's daughter Dynamis. Asander and Dynamis were the ruling...
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    Torquatus surrenders to Caesar. December – Battle of Nicopolis: King Pharnaces II of Pontus defeats the Roman forces under Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus, a...
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  • century BC, son of Pharnaces II of Pontus Arsaces I of Armenia, son of Artabanus III of Parthia, King of Armenia in 35 Arsaces II (Arshak II), King of Armenia...
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    the Galatians. Livius. Attalus II Philadelphus. War against king Pharnaces of Pontus; territorial gains. Livius. Attalus II Philadelphus. On his return,...
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  • Torquatus surrenders to Caesar. December – Battle of Nicopolis: King Pharnaces II of Pontus defeats the Roman forces under Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus, a...
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  • Ariobarzanes 266 – c. 250 BC Mithridates II c. 250 – c. 220 BC Mithridates III c. 220 – c. 185 BC Pharnaces I c. 185 – c. 170 BC Mithridates IV Philopator...
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    179 BC, after suffering losses, Pharnaces sued for peace. When Eumenes' health began to weaken his brother Attalus II ascended to the throne as a co-ruler...
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    Antigonus II Gonatas (Greek: Ἀντίγονος Γονατᾶς, Antígonos; c. 320 – 239 BC) was a Macedonian Greek ruler who solidified the position of the Antigonid dynasty...
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  • Mithridates II Mithridates III Pharnaces I Mithridates IV Philopator Philadephos with Laodice Mithridates V Euergetes Mithridates VI Eupator Pharnaces II Darius...
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