Mithridates II of Pontus
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Mithridates II of Pontus was an early Hellenistic king of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia, ruling from the city of Amaseia and helping establish the dynasty later made famous by Mithridates VI.
All labels observed (1)
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| Mithridates II of Pontus canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13606387 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mithridates II of Pontus Context triple: [Amaseia, capitalDuringReignOf, Mithridates II of Pontus]
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Mithridates III of Pontus
Mithridates III of Pontus was a Hellenistic monarch of the Black Sea region who ruled the Kingdom of Pontus in the 2nd century BC and helped consolidate its power before the rise of his more famous successor, Mithridates VI.
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B.
Mithridates I Callinicus
Mithridates I Callinicus was a Hellenistic king of Commagene in the 1st century BC, known for blending Persian and Greek cultural traditions in his realm.
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C.
Mithridates V Euergetes
Mithridates V Euergetes was a 2nd-century BC Hellenistic king of Pontus known for his alliance with Rome and for laying the foundations of the kingdom’s later expansion under his son Mithridates VI.
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D.
Mithridates VI Eupator
Mithridates VI Eupator was a powerful 1st-century BCE king of Pontus, famed for his fierce resistance to Roman expansion in the Mithridatic Wars and his legendary experiments with poisons and antidotes.
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E.
Mithridates I Ktistes
Mithridates I Ktistes was the founder and first king of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia in the early Hellenistic period.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mithridates II of Pontus Target entity description: Mithridates II of Pontus was an early Hellenistic king of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia, ruling from the city of Amaseia and helping establish the dynasty later made famous by Mithridates VI.
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A.
Mithridates III of Pontus
Mithridates III of Pontus was a Hellenistic monarch of the Black Sea region who ruled the Kingdom of Pontus in the 2nd century BC and helped consolidate its power before the rise of his more famous successor, Mithridates VI.
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B.
Mithridates I Callinicus
Mithridates I Callinicus was a Hellenistic king of Commagene in the 1st century BC, known for blending Persian and Greek cultural traditions in his realm.
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C.
Mithridates V Euergetes
Mithridates V Euergetes was a 2nd-century BC Hellenistic king of Pontus known for his alliance with Rome and for laying the foundations of the kingdom’s later expansion under his son Mithridates VI.
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D.
Mithridates VI Eupator
Mithridates VI Eupator was a powerful 1st-century BCE king of Pontus, famed for his fierce resistance to Roman expansion in the Mithridatic Wars and his legendary experiments with poisons and antidotes.
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E.
Mithridates I Ktistes
Mithridates I Ktistes was the founder and first king of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia in the early Hellenistic period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.