Hellenistic
There are 1575 items in Hellenistic:
![]() New Paphos, House of Dionysus, Room 1, Hellenistic Mosaic of Scylla |
![]() New Paphos, House of Dionysus, Room 13, Treasure of 2484 silver coins |
![]() New Paphos, Royal Tomb 8 (tomb of Ptolemy of Cyprus) |
Nicaea (İznik)
Nicaea (Greek: Νίκαια): hellenistic town in Mysia, site of two ecclesiastical councils, modern İznik.Hellenistic Nicaea Nicaea, Funerary relief of a Hellenistic…
![]() Nicaea, Funerary relief of Menas |
![]() Nicaea, Statue of Cybele (Roman copy of a Hellenistic original) |
Nicanor
Nicanor (†310 BCE): Macedonian officer, played a role in the wars of the Diadochi.Nicanor is first mentioned as one of those who received a satrapy at the settlement at Triparadisus (320 BCE), where the empire of Alexander the Great was…Nicomedes I of Bithynia
Nicomedes I: king of Bithynia (r.278-255 BCE). Nicomedes I King Zipoetes of Bithynia died in 278, after a reign of almost half…
![]() Nicomedes I |
Nicomedes II Epiphanes
Nicomedes II Epiphanes: king of Bithynia (r.149-127)After a palace intrige in 149 BCE, king Prusias II the Hunter of Bithynia was forced to resign in favor of Nicomedes II Epiphanes, a son of his first wife Apame. The old king…Nicomedes III Euergetes
Nicomedes III Euergetes: king of Bithynia (r.127-94 BCE).Nicomedes III inherited a quiet kingdom from his father Nicomedes II Epiphanes, and concluded an alliance with his ambitious neighbor, Mithridates VI of Pontus. In 108 BCE, they invaded Paphlagonia, which they divided. Soon,…Nicomedes IV Philopator
Nicomedes IV Philopator: last king of independent Bithynia (r.94-77 BCE).Nicomedes IV Philopator, a son of Nicomedes III Euergetes and Nysa of Cappadocia, inherited the Bithynian throne in an unquiet age, with Mithridates VI of Pontus as a dangerous neighbor. He…