List of rulers of Bithynia

This page lists rulers of Bithynia, an ancient kingdom in northwestern Anatolia.

Dynasts

• Doedalses fl. c. 435 BC
• Boteiras d. 376 BC
• Bas 376–326 BC
• Zipoetes I 326-297 BC (below)

Kings

• Zipoetes I 297-278 BC (above)
• Nicomedes I 278-255 BC
• Zipoetes II 278-276 BC

  Etazeta (regent) 255-254 BC

• Ziaelas 254-228 BC
• Prusias I Cholus 228-182 BC
• Prusias II Cynegus 182-149 BC
• Nicomedes II Epiphanes 149-127 BC
• Nicomedes III Euergetes 127-94 BC
• Nicomedes IV Philopator 94-74 BC
• Socrates Chrestus who ruled briefly in about 90 BC

The coinage of these kings show their regal portraits, which tend to be engraved in an extremely accomplished Hellenistic style. ^[1]

Notes