Bas of Bithynia

Bas (Greek: Bάς; lived c. 397 BC 326 BC, ruled 376 BC 326 BC), first independent ruler of Bithynia, governed fifty years, from 376 to 326 BC, and died at the age of 71.

Life

He succeeded his father Boteiras, and was himself succeeded by his own son Zipoetes I.

He defeated Calas, a general of Alexander the Great, and maintained the independence of Bithynia.[1]

References

Notes
  1. Memnon, History of Heracleia, 12
Bibliography
Preceded by
Boteiras
Dynast of Bithynia Succeeded by
Zipoetes I
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