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Themiscyra (/ ˌ θ ɛ m ɪ ˈ s k ɪr ə /; Ancient Greek: Θεμίσκυρα Themiskyra) was an ancient Greek town in northeastern Anatolia; it was situated on the southern coast of the Black Sea, near the mouth of the Thermodon, probably at or near modern Terme.
Themyscira (/ ˌ θ ɛ m ɪ ˈ s k ɪr ə /) [2] is a fictional unitary sovereign city-state and archipelagic island nation appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. ...
The Third Mithridatic War (73–63 BC), the last and longest of the three Mithridatic Wars, was fought between Mithridates VI of Pontus and the Roman Republic.Both sides were joined by a great number of allies, dragging the entire east of the Mediterranean and large parts of Asia (Asia Minor, Greater Armenia, northern Mesopotamia and the Levant) into the war.
Lucullus, based in Cilicia, had foregone his planned invasion of Pontus from the south to come north and rescue his colleague, proconsul Marcus Aurelius Cotta, whom Mithridates had besieged at Cyzicus on the Sea of Marmara. Lucullus's army caught the Pontic army off guard and lay an effective counter-siege, trapping the Mithridatic army on the ...
Pages in category "Populated places in ancient Pontus" The following 72 pages are in this category, out of 72 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Themiscyra may refer to: Themiscyra (Pontus), an ancient Greek town, the home of the legendary Amazons; Themyscira (DC Comics), the fictional island home of DC Comics' Wonder Woman and her fellow Amazons; Themiscyra Plain, an ancient plain located in modern-day Turkey; Themiscyra or Lactura, a genus of ermine moths
Themiscyra; Tibarenia (named after the Tibareni, believed to be of Scythian origin by several classical authors like Herodotus, Xenophon and Strabo) Eastern Pontus (roughly corresponding to ancient "Kaska Land", inhabited by the Kaska people) (inhabited by several peoples) Byzeria (named after the Byzeres) Chaldia (named after the Chalybes)
Map of Pontus in antiquity, 1901. The first travels of Greek merchants and adventurers to the Pontus region occurred probably from around 1000 BC, whereas their settlements would become steady and solidified cities only by the 8th and 7th centuries BC as archaeological findings document.