Ruler · 51 BCE – 17 CE

Archelaus of Cappadocia

Lived 51 BCE – 17 CE; writer. King of Pontus of Kingdom of Pontus, 8 BCE; also in the line of Kingdom of Cappadocia.

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Lived: 51 BCE – 17; 68 years
Lines: 2; states
Left it: ending not on record; nothing on record

King of Pontus

Kingdom of Pontus · the 14th of 16 dated reigns · 281 BCE – 62

10 before

Darius of Pontus47 BCE – 37 BCE

Arsaces of Pontus37 BCE

Polemon I of Pontus36 BCE – 8 BCE

Archelaus of Cappadocia8 BCE

Pythodoris of Pontus8 BCE – 38

Polemon II of Pontus38 – 62

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removedending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 8 BCE · under a year

Left it: ending not on recordnothing on record: no death date to read the end against

Also in the line of Kingdom of Cappadocia (9th of 10).

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