This article covers a broader time frame of the history of the region. I think it's a bit much to say, as the article says, that the Greeks were "gobsmacked" b

This article covers a broader time frame of the history of the region. I think it's a bit much to say, as the article says, that the Greeks were "gobsmacked" by the rise of the Kingdom of Pontus. The area has a very long history in the ancient world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontus_(region) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontus_(region)