Comana, in Pontus, in the sixtieth year of his age. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
There are no roman records of a town called Pontus Fractus or similar. From Wordnik.com. [Neatorama] Reference
Steiger translates, to "the elect pilgrims who form the dispersion in Pontus.", &c. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
And it runneth Southward into a certain great sea 700. miles about before it falleth into the sea called Pontus Euximus. From Wordnik.com. [The iournal of frier William de Rubruquis a French man of the order of the minorite friers, vnto the East parts of the worlde. An. Dom. 1253.] Reference
While that city had been busy with civil enemies and barbarian foes, a powerful state, known as Pontus, had been growing up in Asia Minor. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
As soon as Sulla had left for Pontus, Lucius Cornelius. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
It officiated in famous temples, at Zela in Pontus and. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
Gæa also produced the mountains, and Pontus (the sea). From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
And the sea Pontus evermore floweth and runneth out into. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare and Precious Stones Treating of the Known References of Precious Stones in Shakespeare's Works, with Comments as to the Origin of His Material, the Knowledge of the Poet Concerning Precious Stones, and References as to Where the Precious Stones of His Time Came from] Reference
When thrice was a triumph decreed him, whom Pontus 'vexed water. From Wordnik.com. [The Satyricon — Complete] Reference
Mithridates, was sent again to protect Roman interests in Pontus. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
He founded a convent in Pontus, which his mother and sister entered. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)] Reference
Mesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, (10) Phrygia and. From Wordnik.com. [The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union.] Reference
Colchians, who had passed through the mouth of Pontus and between the. From Wordnik.com. [The Argonautica] Reference
Tigris and Euphrates; in Pontus in Asia, the Dnieper, Bug, and Don; in. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
Sandarach, in many places, but the best is mined in Pontus close by the river Hypanis. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
Scythia, -- and built on the Moesian shore of Pontus the city of Tomi, named after herself. From Wordnik.com. [The Origin and Deeds of the Goths] Reference
That which is found in Pontus and Gaul is black, because those countries are nearest to the north. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
Euchaitæ, where was the burial-place of his ancestors, a day's journey from Amasea, the capital of all Pontus. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
Pontus, whom the emperor Adrian, when he built Jerusalem, under the name of Ælia, appointed overseer of that undertaking. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
Spain, a different kind in Pontus, one still different in Rome, and so on with lands and countries of other characteristics. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
Can he so have accustomed his system to poisons, that, as with the King of Pontus, they are ineffectual to help or to harm him?. From Wordnik.com. [Edmond Dantès] Reference
There are also springs which issue exceedingly bitter, owing to a bitter juice in the soil, such as the river Hypanis in Pontus. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
Macedonia, Pontus, Africa, and the Islands of Sardinia, Melos, Lipara, and Strangyle, and that the most esteemed is that of Egypt. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Phasis River, which, flowing from the country of the Colchians, descends into the Pontus, the journey is accomplished in forty days. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Wars, Books III and IV (of 8) The Vandalic War] Reference
This he knew, as easily as Peter did centuries after, when he wrote his epistle to the brethren, scattered abroad in Pontus, Galatia. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882] Reference
At an early period in the history of Greece, we hear of colonies established on the northern shore of the Pontus Euxinus or Hospitable. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Russia] Reference
Pontus was seen, when suddenly a huge wave rose up before them, arched, like a steep rock; and at the sight they bowed with bended heads. From Wordnik.com. [The Argonautica] Reference
And it came to pass at that time, that Amraphel, king of Sennaar, and Arioch, king of Pontus, and Chodorlahomor, king of the Elamites, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 01: Genesis The Challoner Revision] Reference
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