List of Kings of Bithynia
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Dynasts
- Doedalses fl. c. 435 BC
- Boteiras d. 376 BC
- BasBas of BithyniaBas Bas Bas (in Greek Bας; (lived c. 397 BC – 326 BC, ruled 376 BC – 326 BC), first independent ruler of Bithynia, governed fifty years, from 376 to 326 BC, and died at the age of 71. He succeeded his father Boteiras, and was himself succeeded by his own son Zipoetes I...
376–326 BC - Zipoetes I 326-297 BC (below)
Kings
- Zipoetes I 297-278 BC (above)
- Nicomedes INicomedes I of BithyniaNicomedes I , second king of Bithynia, was the eldest son of Zipoetes I, whom he succeeded on the throne in 278 BC.-Overview:He commenced his reign by putting to death two of his brothers but the third, subsequently called Zipoetes II, raised an insurrection against him and succeeded in maintaining...
278-255 BC - Zipoetes II 278-276 BC
- EtazetaEtazeta of BithyniaEtazeta was the second wife of Nicomedes I, king of Bithynia and a ruler of Bithynia.An ambitious woman, she was able to persuade her husband to exclude his sons by his former marriage from the throne; instead it would go to Etazeta's children...
(regent) 255-254 BC
- Etazeta
- ZiaelasZiaelas of BithyniaZiaelas , third king of Bithynia, was a son of Nicomedes I and Ditizele.After Nicomedes I died, his second wife Etazeta became ruler on behalf of her infant sons. The grown-up Ziaelas, excluded from the throne, had previously fled to Armenia and taken refuge at the court of King Arsames I in Sophene...
254-228 BC - Prusias I CholusPrusias I of BithyniaPrusias I Cholus was a king of Bithynia...
228-182 BC - Prusias II CynegusPrusias II of BithyniaPrusias II Cynegus was the king of Bithynia. He was the son and successor of Prusias I and Apama III....
182-149 BC - Nicomedes II Epiphanes 149-127 BC
- Nicomedes III EuergetesNicomedes III of BithyniaNicomedes III Euergetes was the king of Bithynia, from c. 127 BC to c. 94 BC. He was the son and successor of Nicomedes II of Bithynia by an unnamed woman....
127-94 BC - Nicomedes IV PhilopatorNicomedes IV of BithyniaNicomedes IV Philopator, was the king of Bithynia, from c. 94 BC to 74 BC. He was the first son and successor of the Monarchs Nicomedes III of Bithynia and Nysa and had a sister called Nysa....
94-74 BC - Socrates ChrestusSocrates ChrestusSocrates Chrestus was a Greek Prince and King of Bithynia.Socrates was the second son born to the Monarchs Nysa and Nicomedes III of Bithynia. He had a sister called Nysa and his eldest brother was his father’s heir Nicomedes IV of Bithynia...
who ruled briefly in about 90 BC
The coinage of these kings show their regal portraits, which tend to be engraved in an extremely accomplished Hellenistic style.