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Pharnaces I of Pontus

300 BC - 159 BC

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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. Pharnaces had two siblings: a brother called Mithridates IV of Pontus and a sister called Laodice who both succeeded Pharnaces. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pharnaces I of Pontus has received more than 78,769 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Pharnaces I of Pontus is the 6,516th most popular politician (down from 5,413th in 2019), the 582nd most popular biography from Turkey (down from 504th in 2019) and the 287th most popular Turkish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pharnaces I of Pontus ranks 6,516 out of 15,577Before him are Jean Castex, Roland Bonaparte, Ismail Khan, Emperor Takakura, Irina Godunova, and Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe. After him are Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Haakon II of Norway, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Mamadou Tandja, Al-Mansur Nasir al-Din Muhammad, and Emperor Hanazono.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 300 BC, Pharnaces I of Pontus ranks 20Before him are Pushyamitra Shunga, Gaius Duilius, Berenice, Arsaces II of Parthia, Euthydemus I, and Gaius Claudius Nero. After him are Wiman of Gojoseon, Herodas, Aristo of Chios, Appius Claudius Caudex, Gaius Terentius Varro, and Mithridates III of Pontus. Among people deceased in 159 BC, Pharnaces I of Pontus ranks 4Before him are Terence, Eumenes II, and Artaxias I. After him are Sauromaces I of Iberia and Kātyāyana.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Pharnaces I of Pontus ranks 582 out of 1,301Before him are Rhesus of Thrace (null), Adamantios Korais (1748), Leo II, King of Armenia (1236), Namık Kemal (1840), Stachys the Apostle (20), and Yousuf Karsh (1908). After him are Aëtius of Amida (502), Symeon the Metaphrast (900), Ishme-Dagan I (-1780), Artemidorus Ephesius (-150), Artakama (-350), and Eustathius of Antioch (300).

Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Pharnaces I of Pontus ranks 287Before him are Bohemond IV of Antioch (1172), Édouard Balladur (1929), Theodore II Palaiologos (1396), Euthydemus I (-300), Rhesus of Thrace (null), and Leo II, King of Armenia (1236). After him are Ishme-Dagan I (-1780), Anaximenes of Lampsacus (-380), Rufinus (335), Martina (598), Andronikos Doukas (1006), and Alexios III of Trebizond (1338).