Pontus
/ˈpɒntəs/- an ancient region of northern Asia Minor, on the Black Sea coast north of Cappadocia. It reached its height between 120 and 63 BC under Mithridates VI, when it dominated the whole of Asia Minor; by the end of the 1st century BC it had been defeated by Rome and absorbed into the Roman Empire.本都（古代小亚细亚北部地区, 位于卡帕多西亚以北黑海沿岸; 公元前120年至公元前63年米特拉达梯六世统治时达到鼎盛时期, 控制了整个小亚细亚, 公元前一世纪末期被罗马打败, 且并入了罗马帝国）。