Pontus
Pontos (Greek Πόντος "sea", Latin Pontus ) means:
- the Black Sea and its coasts, see Black Sea
- an ancient region on the southern coast of the Black Sea in Asia Minor, see Pontos (region)
- the Pontic Mountains
- a Hellenistic kingdom on the Black Sea (291 BC to 63 BC), see Kingdom of Pontus
- part of the Roman double province of Bithynia et Pontus
- different parts of Roman provinces:
- Pontus Galaticus , part of the Galatia Province
- Pontus Polemoniacus , Pontic clientele kingdom, after its end also part of Galatia
- Pontus Cappadocius , Pontus as part of the dominion of Archelaos (Cappadocia)
- after Diocletian's imperial reform, the region with the province of Diospontus belonged to the Dioecesis Pontica
- Republic of Pontos , a short-lived state in the region of the same name (1917-1922)
- Pontos (mythology) , a sea god in Greek mythology
- Pontus (given name) , a Swedish given name
See also:
- Pontic
- Pontic Greeks , also Pontus Greek or Pontier
- Pontus and Sidonia
- Ponthoz