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	Prusias I of Bithynia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		228 BC – 182 BC) was the king of Bithynia.
		Prusias fought a war against Byzantium (220 BC), then defeated the Gauls that Nicomedes I had invited across the Bosporus (218).
		He expanded the territories of Bithynia in a series of wars against Attalus I of Pergamum and Heraclea Pontica on the Black Sea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prusias_I_of_Bithynia (169 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.
		Prusias I, son of Ziaëlas, B.C. Head of Prusias I. [Cf.
	www.snible.org /coins/hn/bithynia.html (2403 words)

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		He was the first king of Pontus to recognize the suzerainty of the Romans, of whom he was a loyal ally.
		of Bithynia; furnished a contingent during the Third Punic War; and aided the Romans in obtaining possession of Pergamum, bequeathed to them by Attalus III., but claimed by Aristonicus, a natural son of ' There is much difference of opinion in regard to the kings of Pontus called Mithradates to the accession of Mithradates Eupator.
		For several years the kings of Pontus and Bithynia bid against each other, till in 116 Phrygia was declared independent, although in reality it was treated as part of the province of Asia.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=45542 (370 words)

	Eutropius: Abridgement of Roman History, Book 4
		Hannibal, who, on the defeat of Antiochus, had fled to Prusias, king of Bithynia, that he might not be surrendered to the Romans, was demanded also at his hands by Titus Quintius Flamininus; and, as he seemed likely to be surrendered, he drank poison, and was buried at Libyssa, in the territory of the Nicomedians.
		Prusias, the king of Bithynia, although he had married the sister of Perseus, remained neutral.
		A war in the meantime was kindled in Asia by Aristonicus, the son of Eumenes by a concubine: this Eumenes was the brother of Attalus.
	www.forumromanum.org /literature/eutropius/trans4.html (2527 words)

	BITHYNIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Prusias led an army against them, and destroyed all the men in a pitched battle (8).
		Prusias II was married to Perseus’ sister Apama.
		Prusias, trusting no-one, obtained a bodyguard of 500 men from his son-in-law, Diegylis the Thracian, and holed up in the citadel of Nicaea, awaiting Roman deliverance.
	www.thrace.0catch.com /bithynia_main.htm (9965 words)

	Bithynia - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		BITHYNIA [Bithynia], ancient country of NW Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey.
		During his time and the following reigns of Prusias I, Prusias II, and Nicomedes II, wars continued with the Seleucids and with Pergamum.
		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 /html/B/Bithynia.asp (376 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 340 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Another account represents him as repairing from the court of Antiochus to Armenia, where it is said he found refuge for a time with Artaxias, one of the generals of Antiochus who had revolted from his master, and that he superintended the foundation of Artaxata, the new capital of the Armenian, kingdom.
		That monarch was in a state of hostility with Eumenes, the faithful ally of Rome, and on that account unfriendly at least to the Romans.
		The Bithynian king was unable to resist, and sent troops to arrest his illustrious guest; but Hannibal, who had long been in expectation of such an event, as soon as he found that all approaches were beset, and that flight was
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/1448.html (945 words)

	bithynia - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
		Hittites may have occupied Bithynia in the remote past, for Priam of Troy found some of his stoutest enemies among the Amazons on the upper Sangarius in Phrygia, and these may have been Hittite, and may easily have settled along the river to its mouth.
		Bithynia is one of the provinces addressed in 1 Peter 1:1.
		Bithynia was for a thousand years part of the Byzantine Empire, and shared the fortunes and misfortunes of that state.
	www.searchgodsword.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?word=Bithynia&action=Lookup (620 words)

	Index of names: Pr
		220/34 Prusias seizes the Asiatic territories of Byzantium.
		155/16 The fleet of Prusias is destroyed in a storm.
		154/1_ Prusias refuses to obey the Roman decemviri.
	www.attalus.org /names/pr.html (675 words)

	Brusa
		Alexander, Patritius, and Timothy, suffered martyrdom during the persecutions (Lequien, I, 615-620, numbers only twenty-two bishops to 1721, but this list might be increased easily).
		The see was first subject to Nicomedia, metropolis of Bithynia Prima; later, as early at least as the thirteenth century, it became an exempt archbishopric.
		In the veighbouring country and at the foot of Mount Olympus stood many monasteries; from the eighth to the fourteenth centuries it shared with Mount Athos the honour of being a principal centre of Greek monachism.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/b/brusa.html (269 words)

	Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus, Book 34
		On arriving in Syria, he was favourably received by the whole people, and the orphan being put to death, the throne was resigned to him by the guardians.
		About the same time, Prusias, king of Bithynia, conceived a resolution to kill his son Nicomedes, with a desire to benefit his younger children by a second marriage, whom he had sent to Rome.
		Prusias, deprived of his throne by his son, and reduced to a private station, was forsaken even by his slaves.
	www.forumromanum.org /literature/justin/english/trans34.html (971 words)

	GLOSSARY
		Prusias I of Bithynia renamed it in honor of his wife.
		The Kingdom of Bithynia was founded in the early years of the 3rd century B.C. by Zipoetes, a chiefton of the Bithyni.
		An important city in Bithynia, on the coast of the Black Sea, founded in the mid-sixth century B.C. by Megara and Tanagra colonists.
	www.bagfulofcoins.com /glossary.htm (2545 words)

	§8. Massinger’s political opinions. VI. Philip Massinger. Vol. 6. The Drama to 1642, Part Two. The Cambridge ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Some years after the publication of Gardiner’s ingenious hypothesis, the main source of Massinger’s plot was discovered in the French historian Pierre Victor Palma Cayet’s account of the fate of the Portuguese pretender, known as the false Sebastian.
		6 A detailed comparison led to the result that the dramatist found the prototypes of all his chief characters in Cayet’s work, with the sole exception of the nameless wife of Prusias.
		It is quite possible, however, that her introduction was caused by the same need of the dramatist which made him add two amatory incidents to his plot: he wanted some female characters to brighten a political story which offered him only male personages.
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	Index of names: Bi
		182/2_ Death of Prusias I, king of Bithynia.
		127/5_ The accession of Nicomedes III of Bithynia.
		90/19 Nicomedes to the throne of Bithynia, and Ariobarzanes to the thron
	www.attalus.org /names/bi.html (617 words)

	Hannibal Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In 189 BC the Romans, having defeated Antiochus in a war, demanded that he turn Hannibal over to them and the great general fled again, this time to the court of King Prusias I of Bithynia.
		Hannibal Barca ("mercy of Baal"), son of Hamilcar Barca, was born in 247 BC.
		Prusias agreed to give him up, but Hannibal determined not to fall into his enemies' hands.
	www.myclassiclyrics.com /artist_biographies/Hannibal_Biography.htm (3223 words)

	Prusias ad Hypium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Memnon, the historian, says that Prusias I, King of Bithynia (237-192 B.C.), captured from the Heracleans the town of Kieros, united it to his dominions and changed its name to Prusias ("Frag.
		It is not known when this see disappeared, which still existed in the tenth century (Gelzer, "Ungedruckte.
		The ruins of Prusias are found to-day at the little Mussulman village of Eski Bagh or rather Uskub in the caza of Duzdjé and the vilayet of Castamouni.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/p/prusias_ad_hypium.html (276 words)

	Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In 189 BC the Romans, having defeated Antiochus in a war, demanded that he turn Hannibal over to them and the general fled again, this time to the court of King Prusias I of
		Prusias agreed to give him up, but Hannibal did not choose to fall into his enemies hands.
		Libyssa, on the eastern shore of the Sea of Marmora, he took poison, which, it was said, he had long carried about with him in a ring.
	www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Hannibal.html (2657 words)

	Hannibal
		He went to live at the courts of foreign kings - first Antiochus III[?] of the Seleucid Kingdom[?].
		In 189 the Romans, having defeated Antiochus in a war, demanded that he turn Hannibal over to them and the great general fled again, this time to the court of King Prusias I[?] of Bithynia.
		When the Romans demanded that Prusias turn Hannibal over in 182 BC, the great general committed suicide rather than submit.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ha/Hannibal.html (229 words)

	Prusias II, King of Bithynia, Reduced to Begging (Getty Museum)
		Prusias II, King of Bithynia, Reduced to Begging (Getty Museum)
		Both are true since Prusias, once the rich and powerful ruler of Bithynia, was deposed by his son and reduced to begging.
		This punishment from God repaid Prusias for his violation of the laws of hospitality during the Second Punic War.
	www.getty.edu /art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=112352 (121 words)

	The Ultimate Hannibal Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
		He went to live at the court of Antiochus III of the Seleucid Kingdom.
		When the Romans demanded that Prusias surrender him in 182 BC, Hannibal committed suicide rather than submit.
		Once more the Romans were determined to hunt him down, and they sent Flaminius to insist on his surrender.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Hannibal (2648 words)

	Bithynia, Kings, Prusias I - Ancient Greek Coins - WildWinds.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Bithynia, Kings, Prusias I - Ancient Greek Coins - WildWinds.com
		Kingdom of Bithynia, Prusias I (229-183 BC) AR Tetradrachm.
		Diademed head of Prusias I right / Zeus Stratios standing left, resting on scepter & crowning royal name, thunderbolt above monogram in inner left field.
	www.wildwinds.com /coins/greece/bithynia/kings/prusias_I/i.html (197 words)

	Bithynia, Kings, Prusias II - Ancient Greek Coins - WildWinds.com
		Bithynia, Kings, Prusias II - Ancient Greek Coins - WildWinds.com
		Ancient Coinage of Bithynia, Kings, Prusias II Click here for the Bithynia, Kings, Prusias II page with thumbnail images.
		Entry for Bithynia, Kings, Prusias II on the Digital Historia Numorum
	www.wildwinds.com /coins/greece/bithynia/kings/prusias_II/i.html (305 words)

	Gifts for a King (OCC: WARNING! Naughty Post!)
		It is a well-known fact that the royal court of Bithynia, if not King Prusias I of Bithynia himself, have special preferences for males as sexual playmates.
		In the interest of securing a treaty of friendship with Bithynia, I have received instructions from my master to purchase gifts appropriate to cultural tastes on behalf of the senatorial delegation.
		They are not, however, to wear anything other than a loincloth and pink bow tied around their necks with the words "Gift to his Majesty, King Prusias I of Bithynia, courtesy of Rome's Senatorial Delegation." They are to be treated with utmost care during the voyage, so as not to prevent any bruising or blemishing.
	www.ancientworlds.net /572670 (294 words)

	National Great Blacks In Wax Museum
		In 190 BC the Romans, having defeated Antiochus and imposed the Peace of Apamea (188 BC), demanded that he turn Hannibal over to them and the general fled again, this time to the court of King Prusias I of Bithynia.
		When the Romans demanded that Prusias surrender him in 182 BC, Hannibal left but soon committed suicide rather than submit.
		According to Strabo and Plutarch, Hannibal also received hospitality at the Armenian court of Artaxias where he planned and supervised the building of the new royal capital Artaxata.
	www.ngbiwm.com /Exhibits/Hannibal.htm (4060 words)

	Response to King Prusias
		Vulso ponders his reply to King Prusias for some time, then nods and speaks.
		As Rome suspected, Your Majesty, Bithynia has its problems just as Rome does.
		It was for this very reason that our mission in coming here was, as I explained, with the limited objective of improving our trade and diplomatic relations.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/657208 (399 words)

	artnet.com: Resource Library: Phyromachos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		He worked in the service of the Pergamene kings and made the colossal marble cult statue of Asklepios at Pergamon (c.
		170 BC), carried off by King Prusias II of Bithynia in 156 or 155 BC (Polybius: Histories XXXII.xxv; Diodorus Siculus: World History XXXI.
		The bearded head of the god on Pergamene coins may be derived from the statue, while a Roman Imperial copy of it has been seen in the colossal marble head in Syracuse (Mus.
	www.artnet.com /library/06/0672/T067252.asp (443 words)

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