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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. He was born and raised in the Kingdom of Pontus and was the namesake of his late double great grandfather Pharnaces I of Pontus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pharnaces II of Pontus is the 2,746th most popular politician (down from 2,694th in 2019), the 236th most popular biography from Russia (up from 252nd 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 2,745 out of 19,576. Before him are Rajiv Gandhi, Albert IV, Duke of Austria, Cyril Ramaphosa, Sebastián Piñera, and Émile Lahoud. After him are Kara Ahmed Pasha, Alpha Condé, Æthelflæd, Henry Morgenthau Sr., Thomas Fairfax, Mykola Azarov, and Emperor Hui of Han.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 95 BC, Pharnaces II of Pontus ranks 3. Before him are Cato the Younger, and Cleopatra VI of Egypt. After him are 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 236 out of 3,761. Before him are Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828), Maya Plisetskaya (1925), Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia (1657), Nikolay Basov (1922), Gennady Zyuganov (1944), and Stenka Razin (1630). After him are Mykola Azarov (1947), Michel Fokine (1880), Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883), Aleksandr Dugin (1962), Daniel of Moscow (1261), and Vladimir Vernadsky (1863).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Pharnaces II of Pontus ranks 76. Before him are Vasily Blokhin (1895), Vasily I of Moscow (1371), Gustav Bauer (1870), Viktor Zubkov (1941), Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia (1657), and Gennady Zyuganov (1944). After him are Mykola Azarov (1947), Sergey Shoygu (1955), Gennady Yanayev (1937), Anastasia Romanovna (1530), Aleksey Kuropatkin (1848), and Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia (1891).

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