Pontus
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- proper noun
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Ponto
- Many historical accounts reference Pontus as a significant location in Asia Minor during ancient times.
Examples
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The same volume contains a letter from King Mithradates of Pontus, translated by Sallust.
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Portions of the Taurus, Pontus, and Amanus mountains also rise within Kurdistan.
Academic text (2004) -
We're going to be playing against Colchis and Pontus at this point.
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Aspasia, the great love of the King of Pontus from Mitridate.
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King Mithradates of Pontus.
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In 88 BC, Mithridates of Pontus started a campaign against Rome, and he won the support of many Greek poleis.
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He traced the path of the Danube and watched its seven mouths empty into the Black Sea, or Pontus Euxinus, a name the Romans used long before Jesus was born.
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Just two years prior he had celebrated an extravagant quadruple triumph for concluding his four wars in Gaul, Egypt, Pontus and Numidia.
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Strabo, whose name in Greek means "squinty" or "squint-eyed," was a Greek citizen of Amasia in Pontus, an area of modern Turkey just east of the Bosporus.
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The ancient region of Pontus was known for its rich history and coastline along the Black Sea.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The name Pontus comes from the Greek word pontos, which means 'sea', and people used it for the coastal region on the Black Sea, so Pontus can be remembered as the 'land by the sea'.