Pharnaces
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Pharnaces may refer to:
- Pharnaces (fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
550 BCE - 497 BCE), founder of the Pharnacid DynastyPharnacid DynastyThe Pharnacid Dynasty was a local dynasty that ruled the satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia under the Achaemenid Dynasty of Persia from the 5th until the 4th century BCE. It was founded by Artabazus, son of satrap Pharnaces , son of Arsames...
of satraps of PhrygiaPhrygiaIn antiquity, Phrygia was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now modern-day Turkey. The Phrygians initially lived in the southern Balkans; according to Herodotus, under the name of Bryges , changing it to Phruges after their final migration to Anatolia, via the...
on the Hellespont (see ArtabazusArtabazusArtabazus was the name of a satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia , under the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia....
) - Pharnaces II of PhrygiaPharnaces II of PhrygiaPharnaces II ruled the satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia under the Achaemenid Dynasty of PersiaHis grandfather was its founder, Artabazos I of Phrygia, son of satrap Pharnaces I Pharnaces II (fl. 430 BCE - 422 BCE) ruled the satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia under the Achaemenid Dynasty of PersiaHis...
(fl. 430 BCE - 413 BCE), son of Pharnabazus I (fl. 455 BCE - 430 BCE), satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia - Pharnaces I of PontusPharnaces I of PontusPharnaces I , fifth king of Pontus and was of Persian and Greek Macedonian ancestry. He was the son of King Mithridates III of Pontus and his wife Laodice, whom he succeeded on the throne. Pharnaces had two siblings: a brother called Mithridates IV of Pontus and a sister called Laodice who...
(fl. 2nd c. BCE), first important ruler of the kingdom of Pontus - Pharnaces II of PontusPharnaces II of PontusPharnaces II of Pontus, also known as Pharnaces II was a prince, then King of Pontus and the Bosporan until his death. He was a monarch of Persian and Greek Macedonian ancestry. Pharnaces II was the youngest son and child born to King Mithridates VI of Pontus from his first wife, his sister Queen...
(died 47 BCE), the son of Mithridates VI of Pontus, he tried to reconquer Pontus, but was crushed by Julius Caesar