Nicomedes I

Nicomedes I (in Greek Nικoμηδης; 279–c. 255 BC), second king of Bithynia, was the eldest son of Zipoites, whom he succeeded on the throne in 278 BC.1

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He commenced his reign by putting to death two of his brothers but the third, called like the father Zipoites, raised an insurrection against him and succeeded in maintaining himself, for some time, in the independent sovereignty of a considerable part of Bithynia. Meanwhile, Nicomedes was threatened with an invasion from ; Justin, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus, ; Stephanus, Ethnica, s.v. "Nicomedeia"; Eusebius, Chronicon (Schoene ed.); Pausanias, Description of Greece,; John Tzetzes, Chiliades, 3

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