74 War with Rome renewed.
72 Mithridates flees to Armenia, taking refuge with his son-in-law, Tigranes.
65 Total defeat of Mithridates by Pompey.
63 Revolt of the troops. It is put down, but Mithridates orders a Gallic mercenary to kill him. His son, Pharnaces II, who has been in revolt, succeeds him. He submits to Pompey, who grants him the kingdom of the Bosporus.
47 Death of Pharnaces in putting down the rebellion of Asander, governor of Bosporus.
36 Antony puts Polemon I, son-in-law of Pharnaces, over a part of Pontus known as Pontus Polemoniacus. He is succeeded about 2 B.C. by his son Polemon II, whose mother is nominal ruler until 39 A.D., when Caligula invests Polemon with the kingdom.
63 Polemon abdicates the throne and Pontus becomes a Roman province.
THE KINGDOM OF CAPPADOCIA (c. 333 B.C.-17 A.D.)
The Cappadocian dynasty dates back to the time of Alexander the Great, when Ariarathes I maintains himself on the throne after the fall of the Persian monarchy.