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1. Pontus

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   The Mithridatic Era
   The most politically significant period for the region began with the establishment of the Kingdom of Pontus by the Mithridatids in the early 4th century BCE. Under the celebrated Mithridates VI Eupator, the kingdom briefly expanded to challenge Roman hegemony in Asia Minor. Mithridates VI famously maintained his court near Amasia, the ancestral home of Strabo, although historical accounts suggest that Strabo’s detailed geographical treatises were primarily an at…