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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Bithynia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Bithynia was an ancient district in the northwest of Asia Minor, adjoining the Propontis, the Thracian Bosporus and the Black Sea (Euxine[?]).
		But the last king, Nicomedes III, was unable to maintain himself against Mithradates of Pontus, and, after being restored to his throne by the Roman Senate, he bequeathed his kingdom by will to the Romans (74 BC).
		Under the Byzantine empire Bithynia was again divided into two provinces, separated by the Sangarius, to the west of which the name of Bithynia was restricted.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/bi/Bithynia?title=Ala-Dagh (814 words)

	Bithynia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bithynia as a province of the Roman Empire, 120 AD Bithynia was an ancient province in the northwest of Asia Minor, adjoining the Propontis, the Thracian Bosporus and the Euxine (today Black Sea).
		According to Strabo Bithynia was bounded on the east by the river Sangarius (modern Sakarya river), but the more commonly received division extended it to the Parthenius, which separated it from Paphlagonia, thus comprising the district inhabited by the Mariandyni.
		Bithynia appears to have attracted so much attention because of its roads and its strategic position between the frontiers of the Danube in the north and the Euphrates in the southeast.
	88.208.194.172 /wiki/index.php/Bithynia (870 words)

	Bithynia
		The chief town of Bithynia was Nicaea, celebrated for the general Council of the Church, held there in A.D. 325, against the Arian heresy.
		The Mysian Olympus rose in grandeur to a height of 6,400 ft. in the southwest, and in general the face of Nature was wrinkled with rugged mountains and seamed with fertile valleys sloping toward the Black Sea.
		Bithynia was for a thousand years part of the Byzantine Empire, and shared the fortunes and misfortunes of that state.
	holycall.com /biblemaps/bithynia.htm (588 words)

	Nicomedes III of Bithynia
		Nicomedes III, known as Philopator, was the king of Bithynia, from 91 to 74 BC.
		He was the son and successor of Nicomedes II.
		This led to the first Mithradatic War, as the result of which Nicomedes was again restored (84).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ni/Nicomedes_III_of_Bithynia.html (103 words)

	Bithynia.htm
		Bithynia was an ancient country in the north-western Anatolia (present-day Turkey).
		Nicomedes I, (son of Zipoetes) became the king in 280 BCE after killing all except one brother.
		Bithynia became an important province of Rome because of its fertile land produced a variety of foods.
	www.worldcoincatalog.com /AC/C2/Greece/AG/HK/Bithynia/Bithynia.htm (532 words)

	Nicomedes II Epiphanes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nicomedes II Epiphanes was the king of Bithynia from 149 to c.
		He was fourth in descent from Nicomedes I and was the son of Prusias II.
		Silver coin depicting Nicomedes II He was so popular with the people that his father sent him to Rome to limit his influence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nicomedes_II_of_Bithynia (196 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1100 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		But it was the death of Nicomedes III., king of Bithynia, at the beginning of the year b.
		That monarch left his dominions by will to the Roman people ; and Bithynia was accordingly declared a Roman province: but Mithridates asserted that the late king had left a legitimate son by his wife Nysa, whose pretensions he immediately prepared to support by his arms.
		But a large detachment of his army, which he at first sent off into Bithynia, was intercepted and cut to pieces by Lucullus; and when at length he broke up his camp, his main body, as it moved along the coast towards the westward, was repeatedly attacked by the Roman general, and.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2208.html (866 words)

	Bithynia - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Bithynia, ancient country of NW Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey.
		They established a dynasty under the leadership of Zipoetes who was succeeded (c.280 BC) by Nicomedes I, who founded Nicomedia as the capital of his flourishing state.
		BC, Mithradates VI of Pontus had designs on Bithynia, which was ruled by Nicomedes IV (sometimes confused with Nicomedes III), a client of Rome.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-bithynia.html (391 words)

	BITHYNIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 90, Nicomedes’ son, Nicomedes III Philopater was thrown out of Bithynia by his brother, Socrates Chrestus (the Good), with an army provided by Mithridates Eupator of Pontus.
		Nicomedes fled to the camp of the Roman general Manius, near Mount Scoroba, on the border between Bithynia and Pontus.
		Facing Nicomedes’ army of supposedly 50,000 foot and 6,000 horse were 10,000 cavalry from Armenia, commanded by Arcathias, and some scythed chariots and light infantry, commanded by Archelaus.
	www.thrace.0catch.com /bithynia_main.htm (9965 words)

	Ancient coinage of Bithynia
		On the death of King Nicomedes III, B.C. 74, Bithynia was consti- tuted a Roman Province.
		Between the conquest of Bithynia by the Romans, B.C. 72, and the accession of Augustus occur the coins of two queens, Musa, daughter of Orsobaris, and Orodaltis, daughter of a King Lycomedes (Reinach, Tr.
		Nicomedes I, son of Zipoetes I, B.C. Head of Nicomedes I. [Paris; Berlin: cf.
	www.snible.org /coins/hn/bithynia.html (2403 words)

	Bithynia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Bithynia lies in the northwestern part of Asia Minor, between the Propontis and the Bosporus and Mysia to the west, the Euxine to the north, Phrygia and Galatia to the south, and Paphlagonia to the east.
		Early in 74 BC Nicomedes III gave on his deathbed his entire kingdom to Rome.
		This city, often called "Greatest Metropoolis, leading city of Bithynia and Pontus," was sacked by Gauls in AD 256-57.
	www.usd.edu /~clehmann/pir/bithynia.htm (572 words)

	Ataman Hotel - Mithradates VI Eupator
		A first attempt to depose Nicomedes IV of Bithynia, who was completely subservient to the Romans, was frustrated (c.
		Then Nicomedes, instigated by Rome, attacked Pontic territory, and Mithradates, after protesting in vain to the Romans, finally declared war (88).
		Nicomedes and the Roman armies were defeated and flung back to the coasts of the Propontis and the Aegean.
	www.atamanhotel.com /mithradates.html (1065 words)

	Appian's Roman History: The Mithridatic Wars
		Prusias, trusting nobody and hoping that the Romans would rescue him from the toils of the conspiracy, asked and obtained from his son-in-law, Diegylis the Thracian, 500 men, and with these alone as a bodyguard he took refuge in the citadel of Nicaea.
		When Prusias despaired of assistance from the Romans (in reliance upon whom he had neglected to provide means for his own defense) he retired to Nicomedia in order to possess himself of the city and resist the invaders.
		Nicomedes IV bequeathed Bithynia to the Romans in 74.
	www.livius.org /ap-ark/appian/appian_mithridatic_02.html (1081 words)

	Quintus Hortensius (Orator) - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the age of nineteen he made his first speech at the bar, and shortly afterwards successfully defended Nicomedes III.
		of Bithynia, one of Rome's dependants in the East, who had been deprived of his throne by his brother.
		From that time his reputation as an advocate was established.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Quintus_Hortensius_(Orator) (491 words)

	Bithynia Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This monarch founded Nicomedia, which soon rose to great prosperity, and during his long reign (c.
		248 BC), as well as those of his successors, Prusias I, Prusias II, and Nicomedes II (149 - 91 BC), the kingdom of Bithynia held a considerable place among the minor monarchies of Asia.
		As a Roman province, the boundaries of Bithynia frequently varied, and it was commonly united for administrative purposes with the province of Pontus.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/b/bi/bithynia.html (803 words)

	Nicomedes ... Bithynia - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Bithynia: defense of Nicomedes III by Quintus Hortensius
		Soon after his admittance to the bar at the age of 19, he won a reputation by...
		Nicomedes I (?-250 bc), from 278 to 250 bc the king of Bithynia, an ancient country in northwestern Asia Minor in present-day Turkey.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Nicomedes+...+Bithynia (94 words)

	A General History of the Near East, Chapter 6
		Bithynia, in the northwest corner of the peninsula, was blessed with good farmland, pasturage, timber, fine marble, and useful harbors.
		Antiochus III (223-187) was the only Seleucid monarch who could reverse the decline of the kingdom.
		In 74 B.C. Nicomedes III of Bithynia followed Pergamun's example and willed his kingdom to Rome; Mithradates VI opposed this action, invaded Bithynia, and so won the first round of the Third Mithradatic War (73-65).
	xenohistorian.faithweb.com /neareast/ne06.html (11566 words)

	Paphlagonians (950-65 BC) - DBA 2.0 Variant Army List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Paphlagonia was located in Asia Minor, lying along the Euxine (Black) Sea between Bithynia and Pontus, its borders delimited according to Strabo's Geography by the river Parthenius in the west and by the Halys in the east.
		In 108/107 BC, Nicomedes II of Bithynia marched on Paphlagonia and deposed its king Astreodon.
		Following the death of Nicomedes III of Bithynia in 74 BC, Mithdrates lead a large army westward across Asia Minor to contest Rome's annexation of Bithynia.
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/armies/Variants/paphlagonians.html (1744 words)

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		94/10 he death of Nicomedes III of Bithynia; he is succeeded by his son
		90/19 Nicomedes to the throne of Bithynia, and Ariobarzanes to the thron
		74/14 Opposition in Bithynia to the prospect of Roman rule.
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	Mithradates VI and Rome
		The family was prominent from the time of the fall of the Persian empire under Darius III at the hands of Alexander the Great, and from late in the fourth century ruled Pontus, a kingdom in Asia Minor on the shores of the Black Sea, and whatever other neighboring territories they could win over.
		When Nicomedes retaliated, Mithradates was able, with the large armed forces he had been preparing, to defeat the Roman forces in Asia Minor and take over most of the area.
		Socrates the brother of Nicomedes who throws out his brother, with the help of Mithradates), and it is not necessary to remember all the ins and outs of their battles with each other.
	www.uvm.edu /~bsaylor/rome/mithridates.html (1062 words)

	Kings of Bithynia
		Bithynia was settled originally by the Thracians, around 550 BC, as an independent kingdom, but due to its location at the crossroads of Europe and Asia minor was always being fought over.
		During the reign of Nicomedes I and the subsequent reigns of Prusias I, Prusias II, and Nicomedes II, wars continued both with the Seleucids and with the rising power of Pergamon.
		B.C., Mithradates VI of Pontus had designs on Bithynia, which by then was ruled by Nicomedes IV (sometimes confused with Nicomedes III), a client of Rome.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/732764 (309 words)

	Mithridates VI Eupator of Pontus,
		The conflict with Rome that was to last for the rest of Mithridates' life became inevitable in 94, when Nicomedes III of Bithynia died and was succeeded by Nicomedes IV Philopator.
		There were not enough Roman troops in Asia to protect this province; the fact that Aquilius had left the retaliatory raid against Pontus to Nicomedes of Bithynia suggests as much.
		The immediate cause of the Third Mithridatic War was the death of king Nicomedes III Euergetes of Bithynia in 75/74.
	www.livius.org /mi-mn/mithridates/mithridates.htm (2133 words)

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		278/24 Nicomedes uses the Gauls as allies in a civil war against Zipoetes.
		254/8_ Ziaelas, the eldest son of Nicomedes, invades Bithynia and establis
		94/10 Nicomedes III of Bithynia; he is succeeded by his son Nicomedes IV The death of Nicomedes III of Bithynia; he is succeeded by his son
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	Third Mithridatic War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The immediate cause of the third Roman war against Mithridates was the death of Nicomedes III Euergetes, king of Bithynia in 75/74 B.C. In his will Nicomedes III Euergetes' bequeathed his kingdom to the Romans.
		Mithridates declared the will to be a forgery, militarily occupied Bithynia, and installed a pretender, Nicomedes IV, on the throne.
		The Roman senate accused Nicomedes IV to be a bastard and declared war on Mithridates.
	idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /WestCivI/third_mithridatic_war.htm (958 words)

	Bithynia - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
		A coast province in northwestern Asia Minor on the Propontis and the Euxine.
		Nicomedia and Prusa, or Brousa, were founded by kings whose names they bear; the other chief cities, Nicea and Chalcedon, had been built by Greek enterprise earlier.
		Bithynia is one of the provinces addressed in 1 Peter 1:1.
	www.studylight.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T1533 (581 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 262 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		88, when he and his brother Neoptolemus had the command against Nicomedes III.
		of Bithynia, whom they defeated near the river Amnius in Paphlagonia.
		In the next year he was sent by Mithridates with a large fleet and army into Greece, where he reduced several islands, and after persuading the Athenians to abandon the cause of the Romans, he soon gained for Mithridates nearly the whole of Greece south of Thessaly.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0271.html (912 words)

	Roman Timeline 100B.C.E. - 14 C.E. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gaius Marius, the son of Marius, and Gnaeus Papirius Carbo, the consuls, raise an army which in the main comes from Samnium and Etruria.
		Julius Caesar is serving under Marcus Thermus who sends him to Bithynia to bring back a squadron of ships.
		Caesar, dictator II, consul III, returns to Rome and celebrates three triumphs, for Egypt, Pontus and Africa.
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	Sile Fener Motel - Sile Hotel, Sile Motel, Sile Pension, Sile Accommodation, Sile Pool, Sile,Sile Otel, Sile Motel, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The region covering Kocaeli Peninsula was called Bithynia and Sile was founded by the Bithynians in 7th cent.
		According to the legend, Nicomedes III, King of Bithynia, has bequeathed his land to Romans.
		The most important cultural object which presented Sile to the world is "Sile Fabric".
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