3686.
Whilst Alexander was extending his conquests in the east, Zypethes had laid the foundations of the kingdom of [pg cxxviii] Bithynia. It is not certain who this Zypethes was, unless that Pausanias,[246] from his name, conjectures that he was a Thracian. His successors, however, are better known.
A.M. 3726.
Nicomedes I. This prince invited the Gauls to assist him against his brother, with whom he was engaged in a war.
Prusias I.
3820.
Prusias II., surnamed the Hunter, in whose court Hannibal took refuge, and assisted him with his counsels, in his war against Eumenes II. king of Pergamus.
Nicomedes II. was killed by his son Socrates.
Nicomedes III. was assisted by the Romans in his wars with Mithridates, and bequeathed to them at his death the kingdom of Bithynia, as a testimonial of his gratitude to them; by which means these territories became a Roman province.