Pharnaces
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Pharnaces is the name of two kings of Pontus:
- Pharnaces I of Pontus, first important ruler of the kingdom
- Pharnaces II of Pontus, famous for having made an unfortunate attempt to reconquer Pontus, crushed by Julius Caesar
Pharnaces is also the name of the founder of the Pharnacid Dynasty of satraps of Phrygia on the Hellespont under the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, and of one of his descendants (see Artabazus).
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