Cimiatene (; ) was an ancient division of

Paphlagonia Paphlagonia (; , modern translit. ''Paflagonía''; ) was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north-central Anatolia, situated between Bithynia to the west and Pontus (region), Pontus to the east, and separated from Phrygia (later, Galatia ...

, which took its name from a hill fort, Cimiata, at the foot of the range of

Olgassys Ilgaz Mountains (; ) 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, which run parallel to the Black Sea coast. Ilgaz Moun ...

. 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
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"Cimiatene"

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, (1854)

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---- Ancient Greek geography Geography of Paphlagonia {{AncientPaphlagonia-geo-stub