Nicomedes I.
Nicomedes I († 255/253 BC) was king of Bithynia in Asia Minor from 280 BC. Until his death.
He was the son of Zipoites, the first king of Bithynia, and waged wars with the Seleucids . 275 BC He conquered a significant part of Phrygia with the help of the Galatian mercenaries summoned from Europe - which inadvertently contributed to the permanent establishment of the Galatians in Asia Minor . He founded in 264 BC BC Nicomedeia as the new capital. Bithynian coinage begins under him with the portrait of the king. A statue was erected in his honor in Olympia .
Nicomedes I was married twice. His first wife was the Phrygian Ditizele, whose children Ziaelas , Prusias and Lysandra he had excluded from the succession. Ditizele died after being attacked by a raging dog; she had been given an elaborate grave in Nicomedia.
His second wife was Etazeta (Heptazeta), with whom he had several sons, including Tiboites (Zipoites) , whom he favored in his will towards the children from the first marriage.
literature
- Fritz Geyer : Nicomedes 3 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XVII, 1, Stuttgart 1936, Col. 493 f.
- Martin Schottky: Nicomedes 2. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 8, Metzler, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-01478-9 , Sp. 930.
- Dennis Glew: Nicomedes' Name , in: Epigraphica Anatolica , Vol. 38 (2005), pp. 131-139.
Remarks
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Zipoites | King of Bithynia | Ziaelas |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nicomedes I. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | King of Bithynia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 255 BC BC and 253 BC Chr. |