Ruler · 16 BCE – 74 CE

Polemon II of Pontus

Lived 16 BCE – 74 CE; monarch. King of Pontus of Kingdom of Pontus, 38 – 62.

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

Lived: 16 BCE – 74; 90 years
In office: 24 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Pontus
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

King of Pontus

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

12 before

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 38 – 62 · 24 years

Came to it: inheritedthe grandchild of the ruler before, on record
Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

When his mother died in 38, Polemon II succeeded his mother as the sole ruler of Pontus, Colchis and Cilicia.

He was forced to abdicate the Pontic throne by Nero in 62 AD.

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