This kingdom moved its capital from Amaseia to a colony of Miletus conquered by its king Pharnaces I. A text written by a man born in this kingdom preserves fragments of his lost work Historical Sketches and the work of Eratosthenes. That author born in this kingdom, who studied in Alexandria and wrote the Geographica, was Strabo. Julius Caesar’s defeat of a rebellious client ruler of this kingdom (10[1])led to the phrase “veni, vidi, vici.” As a Roman province, this kingdom was unified with its neighbor Bithynia. A part Persian ruler of this kingdom took small doses of poison to build up immunity; that king, who ruled from Sinope, fought three wars over Anatolia with Rome until his defeat by Pompey. For 10 points, name this kingdom ruled by Mithridates the Great on the southern shore of the Black Sea. ■END■