Ariarathid Kappadokian 330 BC - 322BC and 300 BC - 17 AD

Proposer: Jim Webster

Allied General of same nation. 0-1 (1)

Only 180BC to 129BC

Pergamene Allies - list Attalid Pergamene (bk 2)

(1)This latter represents allied Iranian Dynasts and allied early Pontic rulers. There were a number of Iranian Dynasts controlling comparatively small areas who formed loose alliances with Kappadokia and other powers. The Kingdom of Pontus is merely the most successful of these and in its' early years appears to have been very similar to the others 

Justification

Alliance between Pergamene and Kappadokian forces

"Eumenes faced a further threat from  Pharnaces I of Pontus who, by organizing an eastern Anatolian coalition consisting of some Galatian chieftains and Mithridates II of Armenia, with designs both on the Black Sea and on western Asia Minor, sketched out the outline of an aggressive policy which was to be filled in a century later by Mithridates VI. He attacked and captured Sinope, an obvious target and the most important commercial centre on the Euxine. The events of the following year are obscure, but it is known that Eumenes twice sent his brother Attalus to Rome to ask for help against Pharnaces, and on the second occasion received an assurance that mediators would be sent out to resolve the situation. In 180 Pharnaces sent his general Leocritus to ravage Galatia, while he himself attacked Ariarathes III in Cappadocia. Eumenes, in alarm, sent Attalus into Galatia with a force which failed to overtake Leocritus; Cassignatus and Gaezatorix, two Galatian leaders who had previously supported Pharnaces, now offered their services to Attalus but were refused. Then, on the borders of Cappadocia at Parnassus, Attalus joined forces with Ariarathes, crossed the Halys and advanced east into Camisene. At this moment ambassadors from Rome, sent on from Ephesus by Eumenes to persuade Pharnaces to come to terms on the spot and accompanied by a second Pergamene force equal in size to the one already in the field, arrived to settle the dispute. Negotiations followed and the participants were summoned to further discussions at Ephesus, but when these too foundered, the war continued. The events of this year reveal a number of points about the state of Galatia. The loyalties of its chieftains were divided, some supporting and some resisting Pharnaces, while others, like Cassignatus and Gaezatorix, were all too ready to change sides. Furthermore Galatia, while not perhaps technically subject to Pergamum, was directly in its sphere of influence, as had been intended by the terms dictated by Manlius Vulso in 188. In 179 Eumenes campaigned with a still stronger force

which defeated Pharnaces and compelled him to make peace with Pergamum, with Prusias II of Bithynia who was now friendly to Eumenes, and with the king of Cappadocia. The agreements he had made with the Gauls were to be void, he was forbidden to enter Galatia for any reason, and compelled to withdraw from Paphlagonia, removing the

troops which he had settled there and vacating any territory which he had occupied illegally. Faithful to Pergamum's own interests, as well as to Rome's intentions, Eumenes had again imposed peace on Asia west of the Halys, and conclusively brought the Gauls under Attalid control."

From: Anatolia: Land, Men, and Gods in Asia Minor. Volume: 1. By Stephen Mitchell. Clarendon Press. Oxford, England. 1995.

(quote supplied by Michael Fischer)