List of rulers of Paphlagonia

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List of rulers of Paphlagonia, an ancient region and Hellenistic kingdom in northwestern Asia Minor.

Legendary kings of Paphlagonia[]

(according to Flavius Josephus)

  • Riphat, son of Gomer, grandson of Japheth (legendary ancestor of «, now called Paphlagonians»).

(according to classic Greek mythology)

  • Tantalus the Elder, son of Zeus.
  • Pelops, son of Tantalus.
  • Broteas, son of Tantalus.
  • Tantalus the Younger, son of Broteas.

(according to Homer's Iliad)

Satraps of Paphlagonia under the Achaemenid Empire and the Macedonian Empire[]

(native Paphlagonian dynasty)

  • ca. 425–400 BCE: .
  • ca. 400–380 BCE: , son or brother of Corylas I.
  • ca. 380–364 BCE: Thuys I, son of Corylas I or Cotys I.

(Cappadocian dynasty)

  • 364–362 BCE: Datames I of Cappadocia, son of Camissares of Cilicia.

(Achaemenid non-dynastic satraps)

(Macedonian satraps)

  • 334–325 BCE: Calas I, son of Harpalus of Elimiotis.
  • 325–323 BCE: Demarchus I.
  • 323–316 BCE: Eumenes I of Cardia.
  • 316–306 BCE: Antigonus I Monophthalmus (king of Asia from 306 BCE).

To the kingdom of Antigonus I Monophthalmus in 306–302 BCE…

To the kingdom of Pontus in 302–276 BCE…

To Galatia from 276 BCE…

Kings of Paphlagonia[]

(Galatian dynasty)

  • ca. 200–170 BCE: (in 182–179 BCE ruled only in South-Eastern part of country).
  • ca. 170–150 BCE: , son of Morzios I.
  • ca. 150–140 BCE: , son or brother of Morzios II.
  • ca. 140–130 BCE: , son of Pylaemenes I (bequeathed his kingdom to Pontus after death).

(Pontian dynasty)

  • 130–121 BCE: Mithridates I (V) Euergetes, son of Pharnaces I of Pontus.
  • 121–119 BCE: Mithridates II (VI) Eupator Dionysus, son of Mithridates I (V) [1st time].
  • 121–119 BCE: Mithridates III (VII) Chrestus, son of Mithridates I (V) [co-ruler with brother].
    • 121–119 BCE: Laodice (VI), daughter of Antiochus IV of Syria, widow of Mithridates I (V), mother of Mithridates II (VI) and Mithridates III (VII) [regentess].

(Galatian dynasty)

  • 119–108 BCE: , relative (probably brother) of Pylaemenes II.

(Bithynian dynasty)

  • 108– 89 BCE: Euergetes, son of Nicomedes III of Bithynia.

(Pontian dynasty)

  • 89 – 84 BCE: Mithridates II (VI) Eupator Dionysus, son of Mithridates I (V) [2nd time].

(Bithynian dynasty)

  • 84 – 74 BCE: Nicomedes I (IV) Philopator, son of Nicomedes III of Bithynia.

To Roman Republic in 74–73 BCE…

(Pontian dynasty)

  • 73 – 70 BCE: Mithridates II (VI) Eupator Dionysus, son of Mithridates I (V) [3rd time].

To Roman Republic in 70–68 BCE…

(Pontian dynasty)

  • 68 – 66 BCE: Mithridates II (VI) Eupator Dionysus, son of Mithridates I (V) [4th time].

To Roman Republic in 66–65 BCE…

Client kings under Roman authority[]

(Bithynian dynasty)

  • 65 – 51 BCE: , son of Pylaemenes III (co-ruler with brother).
  • 65 – 48 BCE: , son of Pylaemenes III (co-ruler with brother to 51 BCE) [1st time].

(Pontian dynasty)

  • 48 – 47 BCE: Pharnaces I (II) of Bosporus, son of Mithridates II (VI).

(Bithynian dynasty)

  • 47 – 40 BCE: , son of Pylaemenes III [2nd time].

(Tectosagian dynasty)

  • 40 – 36 BCE: of Galatia, son of (tetrarch of the Tectosagi tribe in Galatia) and daughter of Deiotarus I of Galatia (tetrarch of the Tolistobogii tribe in Galatia, then king of Galatia).

To Roman Republic (under authority of Marcus Antonius) in 36–31 BCE…

(Tectosagian dynasty)

  • 31 – 6 BCE: , son of Castor I (II).
  • 31 – 27 BCE: , son of Deiotarus I (III) [co-ruler with father].

To Roman Empire (under authority of Augustus) in 6 BCE (merged with Galatia).

See also[]

  • Paphlagonia
  • Paphlagonia (theme)

Sources[]

  • Broughton, T. Robert S., The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Vol. I (1951)
  • Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol III (1867)
  • Truhart P., Regents of Nations. Systematic Chronology of States and Their Political Representatives in Past and Present. A Biographical Reference Book, Part 1: Antiquity Worldwide (2000).
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