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Polemon I of Pontus
Polemon I was a Roman client king of Pontus and later of the Bosporan Kingdom in the late 1st century BCE. The son of the orator Zeno of Laodicea, he was made king of part of Pontus by Mark Antony in 37 BCE, kept his throne under Augustus and married Queen Pythodorida. He was killed around 8 BCE while campaigning against the Aspurgians near the Sea of Azov.
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