Pharnaces
King of the Cimmerian Pontus, and revolted with the army against his father, who slew himself in despair, 63 B. C. Pharnaces cultivated the friendship of the Romans, and in the war between Cæsar and Pompey, he remained neutral; but Cæsar declared war against and defeated him 47 B. c., after a struggle of three days only. It was on that occasion that Cæsar wrote to the Roman senate, in allusion to his easy triumph: "I came, saw, and conquered" (Veni, vidi, vici). Pharnaces died shortly afterward.