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

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.