Pontus
Pontus was a kingdom on the southern Black Sea coast of northern Anatolia, founded by Mithridates I in 281 BC and conquered by Rome in 63 BC. In the same region, the later Empire of Trebizond survived until the Ottoman conquest of 1461.
Pontus was a kingdom on the southern Black Sea coast of northern Anatolia, founded by Mithridates I in 281 BC and conquered by Rome in 63 BC. In the same region, the later Empire of Trebizond survived until the Ottoman conquest of 1461.