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Polemon Eupator


Polemon Eupator (Greek: Πολέμων Εύπάτωρ his epithet Eupator means in Greek "born of a noble father") was a Prince from Anatolia who lived in the Roman Empire in the 1st century.

Polemon was a monarch of Greek, Roman, Assyrian, Armenian and Median ancestry. He was the elder son born to the Roman Client ruling Monarchs Polemon II of Pontus and Julia Mamaea, and his brother was Rheometalces. His father was the second son among the three children born to the late Roman Client Monarchs Polemon I of Pontus, also known as Polemon Pythodoros and Pythodorida of Pontus. His mother was the second daughter born among four children to the late Roman Client Monarchs Sampsiceramus II and Iotapa of Emesa Syria.

The full name of Polemon is unknown as his known name is known from inscriptional evidence. Polemon is known from a restored surviving inscription from Amphipolis Greece, that is commemorating Polemon II, Polemon and Rheometalces which is dated from the second half of the 1st century. Perhaps his full name was Marcus Antonius Polemon Zenon Pythodoros Eupator. He inherited his first name Polemon from his father and paternal grandfather. The honorific epithet Eupator, he also inherited from them which is known from surviving numismatic and inscriptional evidence of Polemon I and Polemon II. The epithet Eupator, is also shared by his various maternal relations: Ptolemaic Prince Ptolemy Eupator, Seleucid King Antiochus V Eupator, King Mithridates VI of Pontus and the Bosporan King Tiberius Julius Eupator.


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