She also ruled Pharnacia and Trapezus (modern Trabzon). Strabo described her as "a woman who is wise and qualified to preside over affairs of state." She married Archelaus of Cappadocia until his death. She was still ruling at the time of Strabo and "in possession of not only of the places above mentioned, but also of others still more charming." She possessed the cities of Sidene and Themiscyra Phanaroea, close to Pharnacia, the area between the rivers Lycus (Kelkit) and Iris (Yeşilırmak), which included the cities of Magnopolis, Amaseia, and Cabeira (which Pompey had renamed Diospolis), Kainon Chorion, plus Zelitis and Megalopolitis. Pythodoris changed the name of Diospolis to Sebaste, embellished it and used it as a royal residence. Family tree of Polemon I See also Bosporan Kingdom Roman Crimea Notes References Primary sources Appian, The Civil Wars, Penguin Classics, 1996; Cassius Dio, Roman History, vol. 5, Books 46-50 (Loeb Classical Library), Loeb, 1989; Strabo, Geography, vol. 5, Books 10-12, (Loeb Classical Library), Loeb, 1989; Strabo, Geography, vol. 6, Books 13-14 (Loeb Classical Library), Loeb, 1989; Plutarch, Lives, vol. 9, Demetrius and Antony. Pyrrhus and Gaius Marius, Loeb Classical Library, Loeb, 1920; ASIN: B00E6TGQKO Secondary sources Dmitriev, S,. Claudius' Grant of Cilicia to Polemo, Classical Quarterly'', n.s., 53 (2003), pp. 286–291 Smith, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology: Polemon I Smith, A. (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology: Zenon External links Coinage of Polemon I |- Rulers of Pontus Rulers of the Bosporan Kingdom 8 BC deaths 1st-century BC rulers in Asia Roman client rulers Year of birth unknown People of the Roman–Parthian Wars