Diophantus (general)

Chersonesos glorifies Diophantus as "the first foreign invader to conquer the Scythians".^[1]

Rhoxolanoi under Tasius. At one point during these campaigns he established a stronghold at Eupatorium on the eastern shore of the Crimea.^{[citation needed}

Chersonesos. Back in Pontus, Diophantes rallied his forces and sailed to Crimea with a large fleet. The Scythian uprising was put down and the Bosporan kingdom was reduced to a dependency of Pontus.^{[citation needed}