Ruler · 301 – 159 BCE

Pharnaces I of Pontus

Lived 301 – 159 BCE; monarch. King of Pontus of Kingdom of Pontus, 190 BCE – 155 BCE.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 301 BCE – 159 BCE; 142 years
In office: 35 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Pontus
Left it: ending not on record; nothing on record

King of Pontus

Kingdom of Pontus · the 5th of 16 dated reigns · 281 BCE – 62

1 before

Ariobarzanes of Pontus266 BCE – 250 BCE

Mithridates II of Pontus250 BCE – 220 BCE

Mithridates III of Pontus210 BCE – 190 BCE

Pharnaces I of Pontus190 BCE – 155 BCE

Laodice162 BCE – 150 BCE

Mithridates IV of Pontus154 BCE – 150 BCE

Mithridates V Euergetes150 BCE – 120 BCE

8 after

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 190 BCE – 155 BCE · 35 years

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: ending not on recordnothing on record: no death date to read the end against

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