Back فارناس الأول Arabic Фарнак I Byelorussian Фарнак I (Понт) Bulgarian Farnaces I Catalan Farnakes 1. af Pontos Danish Pharnakes I. German Φαρνάκης Α΄ του Πόντου Greek Farnaces I del Ponto Spanish Farnatzes I.a Pontokoa Basque فارناک یکم، پادشاه پنتوس Persian

Pharnaces I of Pontus

Pharnaces I
Tetradrachm of Pharnaces I of Pontus
King of Pontus
Reignc. 190 BC – c. 155 BC
PredecessorMithridates III of Pontus
SuccessorMithridates IV of Pontus
SpouseNysa
IssueMithridates V of Pontus
Nysa of Cappadocia
DynastyMithridatic dynasty
FatherMithridates III of Pontus
MotherLaodice
Pharnaces I of Pontus; 185?–169 BC; Son of Mithridates III. The Greek inscription reads: "ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΑΡΝΑΚΟΥ", which means "[of] King Pharnaces".

Pharnaces I (Greek: Φαρνάκης; lived 2nd century BC) was the fifth king of Pontus. Of Persian and Greek ancestry, he was the son of King Mithridates III of Pontus and his wife Laodice, whom he succeeded on the throne.[1] Pharnaces had two siblings: a brother called Mithridates IV of Pontus and a sister called Laodice who both succeeded Pharnaces.[2] He was born and raised in the Kingdom of Pontus.

  1. ^ Justin, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus, xxxviii. 5, 6
  2. ^ McGing, The foreign policy of Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus p.90
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