Cimiatene (; ) was an ancient division of
Paphlagonia
Paphlagonia (; el, Παφλαγονία, Paphlagonía, modern translit. ''Paflagonía''; tr, Paflagonya) was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north-central Anatolia, situated between Bithynia to the west and Pontus to the east, and s ...
, which took its name from a hill fort,
Cimiata, at the foot of the range of
Olgassys
Ilgaz Mountains ( tr, Ilgaz Dağları; grc, Ὄλγασσυς, Olgassys) is a mountain range in northwest Anatolia, Turkey. It belongs to the Pontic Mountains system.
Geography
In west Black Sea region, there are three ranges of mountains, ...
.
Mithridates Ktistes slightly after 302 BC made this his first stronghold, and so became master of the
Pontus
Pontus or Pontos may refer to:
* Short Latin name for the Pontus Euxinus, the Greek name for the Black Sea (aka the Euxine sea)
* Pontus (mythology), a sea god in Greek mythology
* Pontus (region), on the southern coast of the Black Sea, in modern ...
. The territory remained a possession of the kings of Pontus until the death of
Mithridates Eupator in 63 BC and the fall of the kingdom.
References
*
Smith, William (editor);
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography'
"Cimiatene" London
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, (1854)
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Ancient Greek geography
Geography of Paphlagonia
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