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 B. xii. c. in. 1. PONTUS. 285 Laviansene. Both Chammanene and Laviansene are pro- vinces of Cappadocia. 11. When the Romans, after the defeat of Antiochus, first governed Asia, they made treaties of friendship and alliance both with the nations and with the kings. This honour was conferred upon the other kings separately and independently, but upon the king of Cappadocia in common with the nation. On the extinction of the royal race, the Romans admitted the independence of the Cappadocians according to the treaty of friendship and alliance which they had made with the nation. The deputies excused themselves from accepting the liberty which was offered to them, declaring that they were unable to bear it, and requested that a king might be appointed. The Romans were surprised that any people should be unwilling to enjoy liberty, but permitted l them to elect by suffrage any one they pleased from among themselves. They elected Ariobarzanes. The race became extinct in the third gener- ation. Archelaus, who was not connected with the nation, was appointed king by Antony. So much respecting the Greater Cappadocia. With regard to Cilicia Tracheia, which was annexed to the Greater Cappadocia, it will be better to describe it when we give an account of the whole of Cilicia. CHAPTER III. 1. MITHRIDATES Eupator was appointed King of Pontus. His kingdom consisted of the country bounded by the Halys, 2 extending to the Tibareni, 3 to Armenia, to the territory within the Halys, extending as far as Amastris, 4 and to some parts of Paphlagonia. He annexed to (the kingdom of) Pontus the sea-coast towards the west as far as Heracleia, 5 the birth- place of Heracleides the Platonic philosopher, and towards 1 Du Theil quotes Justin, 38, c. 2, where it is stated that Ariobarzanes was appointed king by the Romans. Probably the election was con- firmed by the Senate. 2 Kizil-Irmak. 3 Who lived on the west of the river Sidenus (Siddin). 4 Amassera. s Erekli, or Benderegli. 4 An