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Pharnaces II of Pontus

95 BC - 47 BC

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Pharnaces II of Pontus (Ancient Greek: Φαρνάκης; about 97–47 BC) was the king of the Bosporan Kingdom and Kingdom of Pontus until his death. He was a monarch of Persian and Greek ancestry. He was the youngest child born to King Mithridates VI of Pontus from his first wife, his sister Queen Laodice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pharnaces II of Pontus has received more than 277,744 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Pharnaces II of Pontus is the 2,694th most popular politician (up from 2,713th in 2019), the 252nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 280th in 2019) and the 76th most popular Russian Politician.

Pharnaces II of Pontus was most famous for the conquests of Armenia and the defeat of the Romans in the battle of Zela.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pharnaces II of Pontus ranks 2,694 out of 19,576. Before him are Aleksandar Ranković, Rudy Giuliani, Christopher I of Denmark, Guillaume Henri Dufour, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, and Artur Axmann. After him are Magnus the Good, Louis-Jules Trochu, Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony, Creoda of Mercia, John I of Aragon, and Admetus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 95 BC, Pharnaces II of Pontus ranks 2. Before him is Cato the Younger. After him are Cleopatra VI of Egypt, Titus Annius Milo, and Servius Sulpicius Galba. Among people deceased in 47 BC, Pharnaces II of Pontus ranks 2. Before him is Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator. After him are Aulus Gabinius, and Licinius Macer Calvus.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Pharnaces II of Pontus ranks 252 out of 3,761. Before him are Vasily Blyukher (1889), Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia (1876), Dmitry Yazov (1924), Iziaslav I of Kiev (1024), Armin Mueller-Stahl (1930), and Johann Georg Hamann (1730). After him are Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863), Dmitry Ustinov (1908), Boris Shaposhnikov (1882), Fyodor Tolbukhin (1894), Alexander Luria (1902), and Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (1847).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Pharnaces II of Pontus ranks 76. Before him are Gustav Bauer (1870), Vasily I of Moscow (1371), Gennady Yanayev (1937), Boris Nemtsov (1959), Viktor Zubkov (1941), and Iziaslav I of Kiev (1024). After him are Dmitry Ustinov (1908), Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (1847), Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia (1891), Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia (1553), Mykola Azarov (1947), and Lyudmila Putina (1958).

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