Diofant (general)

Si cerqueu the mathematician, vegeu Diophantus.

Diophantus (grec: Διόφαντος), son of Asclepiodorus, of Sinope, was a general in the service of Mithridates VI of Pontus. Diophantus was active in Mithridates' campaigns in the Bosporan Kingdom and elsewhere around the Black Sea, although their chronology is disputed. An inscription found during the excavations in Chersonesos glorifies Diophantus as "the first foreign invader to conquer the Scythians".

Diophantus (

Si cerqueu the mathematician, vegeu Diophantus.

), el fill d'Asclepiodorus, de Sinope, era un general al servei de Mithridates Vi de Pontus. Diophantus era actiu en les campanyes de Mithridates al Regne De Bosporan i en qualsevol altre lloc al voltant del Mar Negre, encara que la seva cronologia es discuteix. Una inscripció trobada durant les excavacions en Chersonesos glorifica Diophantus com "el primer invasor estranger per conquerir el Scythians".

During his first Crimean expedition, he relieved the siege of Chersonesos by the Scythian king Palacus and subdued his allies, the Tauri. He finished this campaign at Scythian Neapolis. During the second campaign, Diophantus checked another invasion of the Scythians, who had joined their forces with the Rhoxolanoi under Tasius. At one point during these campaigns he established a stronghold at Eupatorium on the eastern shore of the Crimea.

Durant la seva primera expedició Crimean, alleugeria el setge de Chersonesos pel rei Scythian Palacus i sotmetia els seus aliats, els Tauri. Acabava aquesta campanya a Scythian Neapolis. Durant la segona campanya, Diophantus aturava una altra invasió dels Scythians, que havien unit les seves forces amb el Rhoxolanoi sota Tasius. A un punt durant aquestes campanyes establia un baluard a Eupatorium a la costa oriental del Crimea.

Around 107 BC, Mithridates dispatched Diophantes to Panticapaeum with the task of persuading the Bosporan king Paerisades V to cede his kingdom to Mithridates. While he was in the city, the Scythians, led by a certain Saumacus, revolted and killed Paerisades, while Diophantes barely managed to escape to Chersonesos. Back in Pontus, Diophantes rallied his forces and sailed to Crimea with a large fleet. The Scythian uprising was put down and the Bosporan kingdom was reduced to a dependency of Pontus.

Al voltant de 107 a. C., Mithridates enviava Diophantes a Panticapaeum amb la tasca de persuadir el V de Paerisades de reis Bosporan de cedir el seu regne a Mithridates. Mentre que era a la ciutat, els Scythians, dirigits per un cert Saumacus, repugnaven i mataven Paerisades, mentre que Diophantes a penes aconseguia escapar-se a Chersonesos. Faci retrocedir a Pontus, Diophantes reunia les seves forces i navegava a Crimea amb una flota gran. La revolta Scythian es deixava i el regne Bosporan es reduïa a una dependència de Pontus.

enllaços Externs

• Decree honoring Diophantos.

• [honrant Decret de http://www.chersonesos.org/?p=museum_coll_ep1&l=eng Diophantos].

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