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Nicomedes II
King of Bithynia
Reign149 – 127 BC
PredecessorPrusias II
SuccessorNicomedes III
BornBithynia
(modern-day Turkey)
Died127 BC
Nicomedia
(modern-day İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey)
IssueNicomedes III
Nysa
GreekΝικομήδης Β΄
FatherPrusias II
MotherApame IV
ReligionGreek Polytheism

Nicomedes II Epiphanes (Greek: Νικομήδης ὁ Ἐπιφανής "Nicomedes God-Manifest") was the king of Bithynia from 149 to c. 127 BC. He was fourth in descent from Nicomedes I. Nicomedes II was the son and successor of Prusias II and Apame IV. His parents were related as they were maternal cousins.

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Nicomedes III of Bithynia

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was the son and successor of Nicomedes II of Bithynia. Memnon of Heraclea wrote that Nicomedes IV was the son of Nicomedes III with his wife Nysa but...

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Nicomedes I of Bithynia

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Kingdom of Bithynia

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directly as the province of Asia. Relations between Bithynia and Rome soured during the reign of Nicomedes II's son and successor Nicomedes III over the influence...

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Prusias II of Bithynia

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Zipoetes II of Bithynia

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syllables. He was a son of the great ruler Zipoetes I of Bithynia, and a younger brother of Nicomedes I of Bithynia. When Nicomedes tried to kill his three...

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Ziaelas of Bithynia

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third king of Bithynia, was a son of Nicomedes I and Ditizele. Following the death of Nicomedes I, his second wife Etazeta of Bithynia acted as regent...

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List of rulers of Bithynia

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Nicomedes I of Bithynia. Bithynia was bequeathed to the Roman Republic in 74 BC, and became united with the Pontus region as the province of Bithynia...

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Nicomedes

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Etazeta of Bithynia

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– 254 BC) was the second wife of Nicomedes I, king of Bithynia. After his death, she was a regent of Bithynia. Nicomedes removed his sons by his first...

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Bithynia and Pontus

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amalgamation was part of a wider conquest of Anatolia and its reduction to Roman provinces. In 74 BC, Nicomedes IV of Bithynia willed his kingdom to the Romans...

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Prusias I of Bithynia

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II of Macedon, receiving the latter's daughter, Apama, as his wife. He expanded the territories of Bithynia in a series of wars against Attalus I of Pergamum...

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Andronicus of Pergamum

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Senate that Prusias II of Bithynia had attacked the territories of Attalus. Prusias later sent his son Nicomedes II of Bithynia, along with an assistant...

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Eumenes III

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furthered by the death of Ariarathes V of Cappadocia, who, along with Mithridates V of Pontus, Nicomedes II of Bithynia, and Pylaemenes of Paphlagonia, opposed...

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Scymnus

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account of the world (περιήγησις, periegesis) in 'comic' iambic trimeters which is dedicated to a King Nicomedes of Bithynia. This is either Nicomedes II Epiphanes...

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Attalus II Philadelphus

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Attalus II Philadelphus. Attalus supports Nicomedes, who overthrows his father Prusias II of Bithynia. Hansen, Esther V. (1971). The Attalids of Pergamon...

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List of ancient Greeks

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Battle of Tanagra (457 BC) Nicomedes I of Bithynia – king of Bithynia Nicomedes II of Bithynia – king of Bithynia Nicomedes III of Bithynia – king of Bithynia...

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149 BC

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Nicomedes II overthrows his father Prusias II as king of Bithynia. Cato the Elder, Roman statesman (b. 234 BC) Prusias II, Greek king of Bithynia (b...

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Socrates Chrestus

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War of Aristonicus

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series of Anatolian kings to raise their banners, including Nicomedes II of Bithynia, Mithridates V of Pontus, and Ariarathes V of Cappadocia. News of the...

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First Mithridatic War

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restored to his throne. In Bithynia Nicomedes III had died. He was succeeded by his son Nicomedes IV. Unfortunately for Nicomedes IV, his bastard half-brother...

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Battle of the River Amnias

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of the River Amnias was fought in 89 BC between Mithradates VI of Pontus and Nicomedes IV of Bithynia during the First Mithridatic War. The forces of...

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Neoptolemus II of Epirus

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Kingdom of Pontus

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