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...

Pharnaces II (Old Iranian: Farnaka; fl. 430 BCE - 422 BCE) ruled the satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia under the Achaemenid Dynasty of Persia. Hellespontine...

satraps of Hellespontine Phrygia Pharnaces II of Phrygia (fl. 430 BCE – 413 BCE), satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia Pharnaces (Persian noble) (died 334 BCE)...

and Pontus, Pharnaces II, who tried to restore the kingdom of Mithridates VI. After the death of Mithridates, Pompey made his son Pharnaces king of the...

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...

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...

Pharnaces Ι (Greek: Φαρνάκης; Elamite: Parnaka; c. 565–497 BCE) was a son of Arsames. He was a younger brother of Hystaspes, and therefore an uncle of...

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...

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...

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...

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),...

Pontus and Syria. The Pontic War (48–47 BC), in which Rome defeated Pharnaces II, who had plans to restore the Kingdom of Pontus. The War of Actium (32–30...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

fascines" to quickly gain an advantageous position over the army of Pharnaces II, removing them afterwards to protect their own camp. Subsequently, the...

territories in eastern Anatolia. Asander revolted against Pharnaces II. He hoped that by betraying Pharnaces II he would win favour with the Romans and that through...

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...

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...

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...

Torquatus surrenders to Caesar. December – Battle of Nicopolis: King Pharnaces II of Pontus defeats the Roman forces under Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus, a...

Antiochus II Theos (Greek: Ἀντίοχος ὁ Θεός, Antíochos ho Theós, meaning "Antiochus the God"; 286 – July 246 BC) was a Greek king of the Hellenistic Seleucid...

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...

August–September 36 BC. Ptolemy Philadelphus was named after the original Ptolemy II Philadelphus (the second Pharaoh of the Ptolemaic dynasty) and Cleopatra's...

Anatolia Polemon was appointed to part of Cilicia, Darius, the son of Pharnaces II and grandson of Mithridates VI, to Pontus, and Amyntas to Pisidia. This...