Pontus

Pontus or Pontos is a shortening of the ancient Greek name Pontos Euxeinos (Greek Πόντος Εὔξεινος ), Latinized Euxine Sea and the ancient name of the Black Sea. and landscapes to the more mountainous south coast (Asia Minor, now Turkey). In ancient Greek, the name means hospitable sea, suggesting its importance for the ancient waterways.

Pontus or Pontos is

• The Black Sea, usually only in combinations such as Pontic Greeks or Pontus Mountains. Mainly the adjective ( Pontian ) is used in this meaning.
• The Kingdom of Pontos, a Hellenistic kingdom that existed in these coastal landscapes of Asia Minor east of Sinop.
• Pontus (Landscape), an ancient landscape, which occupied the territory of the Kingdom, so
• After the Roman conquest of the western part was organized as a Roman province of Bithynia and Pontus, which extended along the western and central Asia Minor, Black Sea coast, while
• The eastern, later also called Pontus Polemoniacus part of the territory temporarily formed a Roman client state, was connected to the provincial Cappadocia or later formed their own province.
• This area in later times, especially in the period after the First World War in connection with the attempt by the establishment of a Republic of Pontus in the area on the eastern Black Sea coast of Asia Minor.

Pontus is also a Swedish name,

• See Pontus ( first name ).

• Disambiguation