Sinope: All Data
Sinope is a city in Turkey. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Sinop: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
699 BC
Capital of Sinope
374 BC
Mentioned in Event: Achaemenid occupation of Sinope (375 BC)
182 BC
Capital of Kingdom of Pontus
82 BC
Mentioned in Event: Second Mithridatic War
81 BC
Mentioned in Event: Second Mithridatic War
69 BC
Mentioned in Event: Third Mithridatic War
65 BC
Mentioned in Event: Third Mithridatic War
48 BC
Mentioned in Event: Pontic War
47 BC
Mentioned in Event: Pontic War
42 BC
Mentioned in Event: Liberators' Civil War
40 BC
Mentioned in Event: Persian Invasion (Antony's Atropatene campaign)
39 BC
Mentioned in Event: Roman Counterattack
1 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Pontus (Rome)
286 AD
Mentioned in Event: Early Tetrarchic Period
306 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
314 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
325 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
337 AD
Mentioned in Event: Division of the Empire among the sons of Constantine the Great
353 AD
Mentioned in Event: Roman civil war of 350-353
395 AD
Mentioned in Event: Definitive Division of the Roman Empire
1214 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Sinope, part of Byzantine-Seljuq wars
1255 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mongol invasions and conquests
1278 AD
Capital of Pervâneoğulları
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Sinop Province, part of Republic of Türkiye