Darius na Ponto
 Darius na Ponto | |
|---|---|
| Rayuwa | |
| Haihuwa | 1 century "BCE" |
| Mutuwa | 1 century "BCE" |
| Ƴan uwa | |
| Mahaifi | Pharnaces II of Pontus |
| Yare |
Mithridatic dynasty (en)  |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a | sarki |
Darius na Ponto (ya yi sarauta 37-37/36 BC) masarauta ne na asalin Iran da Girka na Makidoniya. Shi ne yaro na farko da aka haifa wa Sarki Pharnaces II na Pontus da matarsa Sarmatian. [ana buƙatar hujja]
Yana da 'yan uwan biyu: 'yar'uwa mai suna Dynamis da kuma ɗan'uwa mai taken Arsaces. Kakanninsa na uba sune Mithridates VI, sarkin Pontus, da matarsa ta farko, 'yar'uwarsa Laodice .
Kusan ba a san komai game da Darius ba. Akwai ambaton kawai daga Appian cewa Mark Antony ne ya nada shi sarkin Pontus.
A cewar Appian, Mark Antony ya kafa sarakunan abokin ciniki a yankunan gabashin daular Roma, waɗanda ke ƙarƙashin ikonsa a kan yanayin cewa sun biya haraji. A Anatolia, Darius, ɗan Pharnaces II kuma jikan Mithridates VI, an nada shi a Pontus, Polemon a wani ɓangare na Cilicia da Amyntas a Pisidia. Wannan ya kasance a cikin 37 BC, kafin yaƙin Antony da Parthia, lokacin da yake yin shirye-shirye don shi, kuma kafin ya yi hunturu a Athens a cikin hunturu na 37/36 BC.[1]
Sarautar Darius ba ta da tsawo. Strabo ya rubuta cewa Polemon da Lycomedes na Comana sun kai hari kan Arsaces, daya daga cikin 'ya'yan Pharnaces II, a Sagylium saboda "yana wasa da daular kuma yana ƙoƙarin juyin juya hali ba tare da izini daga kowane daga cikin shugabannin [Roman] ba ..." An kwace wannan sansanin, amma Arsaces ya gudu zuwa duwatsu inda ya ji yunwa saboda ba shi da wadata da ruwa. Shekaru talatin da suka gabata, Pompey ya ba da umarnin a rufe rijiyoyin da duwatsu don hana 'yan fashi ɓoyewa a cikin duwatsu. An kama Arsaces kuma an kashe shi. Cassius Dio ya bayyana Polemon a matsayin "sarkin wannan ɓangaren Pontus da ke kan iyaka da Cappadocia" Wataƙila, an nada Polemon ne a matsayin sarki na Pontus a matsayin lada don hana ƙoƙarin Arsaces na ɗaukar kursiyin Pontus. Pontus, wanda ya zama lardin Romawa, dole ne a sanya shi ga sarakuna masu yawa waɗanda ke gudanar da yankuna daban-daban. Ba a san ko Darius ya mutu kuma Arsaces yana ƙoƙarin cin nasara ba ko kuma Arsace mai cin zarafi ne. Dole ne mulkin Darius ya kasance kasa da shekara guda saboda Cassius Dio ya kira Polemon a matsayin sarki na Pontus lokacin da ya shiga yakin Mark Antony da Parthians a 36 BC.