Zipoetes I, also Zipoites I or Ziboetes I, possibly Tiboetes I (in Greek

Greek language

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 Zιπoίτης or Zιβoίτης; lived c. 354 BC – 278 BC, ruled c. 326 BC – 278 BC; three syllables, oe is a diphthong

Diphthong

A diphthong , also known as a gliding vowel, refers to two adjacent vowel sounds occurring within the same syllable. Technically, a diphthong is a vowel with two different targets: That is, the tongue moves during the pronunciation of the vowel...

) was the second independent ruler of Bithynia

Bithynia

Bithynia was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor, adjoining the Propontis, the Thracian Bosporus and the Euxine .-Description:...

.

He succeeded his father Bas

Bas of Bithynia

Bas 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...

 on the throne in 326 BC and reigned for forty-eight years carrying on successful wars with Lysimachus

Lysimachus

Lysimachus was a Macedonian officer and diadochus of Alexander the Great, who became a basileus in 306 BC, ruling Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedon.-Early Life & Career:...

 and Antiochus

Antiochus I Soter

Antiochus I Soter , was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He reigned from 281 BC - 261 BC....

, the son of Seleucus I Nicator

Seleucus I Nicator

Seleucus I was a Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great and one of the Diadochi. In the Wars of the Diadochi that took place after Alexander's death, Seleucus established the Seleucid dynasty and the Seleucid Empire...

. In 315 BC he carried on a war against Astacus

Astacus

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 and Chalcedon

Chalcedon

Chalcedon , sometimes transliterated as Chalkedon) was an ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor, almost directly opposite Byzantium, south of Scutari . It is now a district of the city of Istanbul named Kadıköy...

, which failed for the relief sent by Antigonus I Monophthalmus

Antigonus I Monophthalmus

Antigonus I Monophthalmus , son of Philip from Elimeia, was a Macedonian nobleman, general, and satrap under Alexander the Great. During his early life he served under Philip II, and he was a major figure in the Wars of the Diadochi after Alexander's death, declaring himself king in 306 BC and...

' troops.; in 301, after Antigonus' death, he attacked again, and was victorious, but Astactus was destroyed in the war. He founded a city, which was called Zipoetium after him, at the foot of Mount Lypedron; the exact location of both the city and the mountain is unknown.

He lived to the age of seventy-six, and left behind him four children, the eldest of whom, Nicomedes

Nicomedes I of Bithynia

Nicomedes 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...

, succeeded him. He was the first ruler of Bithyinia to assume the title of basileus

Basileus

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(king), action he seems to have done in 297 BC.