Pontus

PON-tus · Modern Northern Turkey (Black Sea coast)

Pontus is a province of the biblical world, known today as Northern Turkey (Black Sea coast).

What is known

Home region of Aquila, Paul's tentmaking co-worker and close friend (Acts 18:2)
Pontian Jews were present at Pentecost (Acts 2:9), and the province is addressed in 1 Peter 1:1

History

Founded: A region along the southern Black Sea coast, administered jointly with Bithynia as the single Roman province of Bithynia et Pontus
Population: Estimated 500,000–800,000 residents in the region in the 1st century AD
Coordinates: 41.7500° N, 35.1500° E

Scripture references

Acts 2:9
Acts 18:2
1 Peter 1:1

On a modern map

Pontus today

More places

Bithynia
Phrygia
Pamphylia
Spain
Eden (Garden of Eden)
Babylon
Ur
Haran

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