Hellenistic

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Nicaea (İznik)

Nicaea (Greek: Νίκαια): hellenistic town in Mysia, site of two ecclesiastical councils, modern İznik.Hellenistic Nicaea Nicaea, Funerary relief of a Hellenistic…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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