# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pothinus
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:53:06.132Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pothinus"
name: "Pothinus"
slug: "pothinus"
description: "Pothinus or Potheinos, a eunuch, was regent for Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator of the Ptolemaic Kingdom. He is most remembered for turning Ptolemy against his sister and co-ruler Cleopatra, thus starting a civil war, and for having Pompey decapitated and presenting the severed head to Julius Caesar according to some sources."
tagline: "1st-century BC Egyptian eunuch and regent"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "-1"
deathDate: "-48"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.285428
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B3%A2%E6%8F%90%E7%B4%90%E6%96%AF"
    title: "波提紐斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "بوثينوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "بوثينوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Потин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot%C3%AD_d'Egipte"
    title: "Potí d'Egipte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potheinos"
    title: "Potheinos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pothinus"
    title: "Pothinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potino_el_Eunuco"
    title: "Potino el Eunuco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "پونتیوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pothin"
    title: "Pothin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A1"
    title: "פותינוס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poteinos"
    title: "Poteinos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potino_(consigliere)"
    title: "Potino (consigliere)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potheinos"
    title: "Potheinos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pothejnos"
    title: "Pothejnos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potino"
    title: "Potino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD_(%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%85)"
    title: "Потин (евнух)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potin"
    title: "Potin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potheinos"
    title: "Potheinos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pothinus"
    title: "Pothinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%96%D0%BD"
    title: "Потін"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "پوتینوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pothinus"
    title: "Pothinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q471255"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump