Pontus

(noun.) an ancient region of northern Asia Minor on the Black Sea; it reached its height under Mithridates VI but was later incorporated into the Roman Empire.

(noun.) (Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus.

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• In Armenia and Pontus the condition of life was quite otherwise. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He crossed the Euphrates, expecting to find in Persia another Hellenized kingdom like Pontus. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Kings with Hellenistic ideas appeared in Cappadocia, in Pontus (the south shore of the Black Sea), in Bithynia, and in Pergamum. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In 270 they were defeated at Nish in Serbia by Claudius, and in 276 they were raiding Pontus. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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