Paphlagonians

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The Paphlagonians were an ancient people of northern Anatolia, known from Greek and Roman sources for inhabiting the coastal region along the Black Sea between Bithynia and Pontus.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Paphlagonians canonical 3
Greek exonym "Paphlagones" 1
Paphlagonian 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anatolian people
ancient people
ethnic group
associatedMountainRange Paphlagonian mountains
linked to: Pontic Mountains
associatedRiver Halys River
Parthenius River
associatedWithDeity Zeus Stratios (regional cults)
capitalOrMainCity Gangra
Sinope (in some periods associated)
coastalOn Black Sea
culturalSphere Anatolian cultural sphere
Hellenistic world
linked to: Hellenistic period
describedBy Pliny the Elder
Xenophon
ethnicNameLanguage Greek exonym "Paphlagones"
linked to: Paphlagonians
ethnicStatus extinct as distinct ethnic group
ethnonymAttestedIn Herodotus
Homeric epics
Strabo
inhabitedRegion Paphlagonia
northern Anatolia
southern coast of the Black Sea
knownFromPeriod 1st millennium BCE
Classical antiquity
Hellenistic period
Roman period
languageFamily Anatolian languages (uncertain)
laterReligion Christianity (late antiquity)
mentionedInSource Greek sources
Roman sources
militaryRole served as auxiliaries in Roman armies
supplied troops to Persian army
modernLocationOfRegion Turkey
modernProvincesOverlap Kastamonu Province
Sinop Province
Çankırı Province
neighboringRegion Bithynia
Pontus
politicalOrganization client kingdom under Rome
local dynasts under Persian suzerainty
regionType historical region of Anatolia
religion ancient Anatolian polytheism
subsequentlyRuledBy Achaemenid Empire
Byzantine Empire
Kingdom of Pontus
Roman Empire
Roman Republic

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paphlagonia inhabitedBy Paphlagonians
Paphlagonia hasEthnonym Paphlagonian
linked to: Paphlagonians
Bithynians neighboringPeople Paphlagonians
Paphlagonians ethnicNameLanguage Greek exonym "Paphlagones"
linked to: Paphlagonians
Tibarenoi neighboringPeople Paphlagonians