11) Phorcus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Greek mythology, sea god, son of Pontus and Gaea. He married his sister Ceto, who bore him a brood of monsters, including the Gorgons, the Graeae, Scylla, and the...
12) Strabo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Greek geographer, historian, and philosopher, b. Amasya, Pontus. He studied in Asia Minor, Greece, Rome, and Alexandria and traveled in Europe, N Africa, and W Asia....
13) Nereus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Greek mythology, seagod. He was the son of Pontus and Gaea and the father of the nereids (see nymph). A kindly, wise old man of the sea, Nereus could change into...
14) Aquila, in the Bible. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...New Testament, Christian of Jewish origin from Pontus who lived at Rome. He and his wife, Prisca or Priscilla, were friendly to Paul....
15) Tigranes. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Tigranes I and Tigranes the Great. By an alliance with his father-in-law, Mithradates VI of Pontus, he was able to extend his conquests across Asia Minor. He founded...
16) Sulla, Lucius Cornelius. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Marius in Africa and became consul in 88 B.C., when Mithradates VI of Pontus was overrunning Roman territory in the east. Sulla and Marius both wanted the command...
17) Cinna, d. 84 B.C., Roman politician. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001
...Roman politician, consul (87 B.C.-84 B.C.), and leader of the popular party. Shortly after Cinna's first election, Sulla left Rome to fight against Mithradates VI...
18) Chaeronea. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Cephissus (now Kifisos) River valley and NW of Thebes. There the Athenians and Thebans were defeated (338 B.C.) by the Macedonians under Philip II, and in 86 B.C....
19) Bithynia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey. The original inhabitants were Thracians who established themselves as independent and were given some autonomy after Cyrus the...
20) Samsun. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...The most important Turkish port on the Black Sea, it is also a major tobacco-processing center and an agricultural market. Textiles, tobacco, and fertilizer are exported....
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