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{{short description|King of Bithynia, 149 – 127 BC}}
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[[File:Nicomedes II of Bithynia.jpg|right|thumb|Silver coin depicting Nicomedes II]]
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| reign = 149 – 127 BC
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| death_date = 127 BC
| death_place = [[Nicomedia]]<br />(modern-day [[İzmit]], [[Kocaeli Province|Kocaeli]], [[Turkey]])
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'''Nicomedes II Epiphanes''' ([[Ancient Greek|Greek]]: Νικομήδης ὁ Ἐπιφανής) was the king of [[Bithynia]] from 149 to c. 127 BC. He was fourth in descent from [[Nicomedes I of Bithynia|Nicomedes I]]. Nicomedes II was the son and successor of [[Prusias II of Bithynia|Prusias II]] and [[Apame IV]]. His parents were related as they were cousins.
'''Nicomedes II Epiphanes''' ([[Ancient Greek|Greek]]: Νικομήδης ὁ Ἐπιφανής "Nicomedes God-Manifest") was the king of [[Bithynia]] from 149 to c. 127 BC. He was fourth in descent from [[Nicomedes I of Bithynia|Nicomedes I]]. Nicomedes II was the son and successor of [[Prusias II of Bithynia|Prusias II]] and [[Apame IV]]. His parents were related as they were maternal cousins.


==Life==
He was so popular with the people that his father sent him to [[Rome]] to limit his influence. However in Rome, he also gained favor from the [[Roman Senate]], forcing Prusias to send an emissary with secret orders to assassinate him. But the emissary revealed the plot, and persuaded the prince to rebel against his father.
He was so popular with the people that his father sent him to [[Rome]] to limit his influence. However, in Rome, he also gained favor from the [[Roman Senate]], forcing Prusias to send an emissary named Menas with secret orders to assassinate him.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Appian|title=The Mithridatic Wars|url=https://www.livius.org/sources/content/appian/appian-the-mithridatic-wars/appian-the-mithridatic-wars-2/?#7|quote= He sent Menas as his fellow ambassador, and told him if he should secure a remission of the payments to spare Nicomedes, but if not, to kill him at Rome.}}</ref> But the emissary revealed the plot, and persuaded the prince to rebel against his father.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Appian|title=The Mithridatic Wars|url=https://www.livius.org/sources/content/appian/appian-the-mithridatic-wars/appian-the-mithridatic-wars-1/}}</ref>


Supported by [[Attalus II Philadelphus]], king of [[Pergamon]], he was completely successful, and ordered his father to be put to death at [[Nicomedia]]. During his long reign Nicomedes adhered steadily to the Roman alliance, and assisted them against the pretender to the throne of Pergamon [[Eumenes III]]. He was succeeded by his son [[Nicomedes III of Bithynia|Nicomedes III]].
Supported by [[Attalus II Philadelphus]], king of [[Pergamon]], he was completely successful, and ordered his father to be put to death at [[Nicomedia]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Appian|title=The Mithridatic Wars|url=https://www.livius.org/sources/content/appian/appian-the-mithridatic-wars/appian-the-mithridatic-wars-2/?#7|quote=Prusias fled to the temple of Zeus, where he was stabbed by some of the emissaries of Nicomedes.}}</ref> During his long reign Nicomedes adhered steadily to the Roman alliance, and assisted them against the pretender to the throne of Pergamon [[Eumenes III]]. He was succeeded by his son [[Nicomedes III of Bithynia|Nicomedes III]].

Nicomedes introduced the [[Bithynian era]] for numbering years on his coins. This system was to last in parts of the Greek world down to the 4th century AD.<ref name=Højte>Jakob Munk Højte, "From Kingdom to Province: Reshaping Pontos after the Fall of Mithridates VI", in Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen (ed.), ''Rome and the Black Sea Region: Domination, Romanisation, Resistance'' (Aarhus University Press, 2006), 15–30.</ref>


==References==
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* {{1911|wstitle=Nicomedes II.|volume=19|page=664}}


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Latest revision as of 01:12, 7 May 2024

Nicomedes II
King of Bithynia
Reign149 – 127 BC
PredecessorPrusias II
SuccessorNicomedes III
BornBithynia
(modern-day Turkey)
Died127 BC
Nicomedia
(modern-day İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey)
IssueNicomedes III
Nysa
GreekΝικομήδης Β΄
FatherPrusias II
MotherApame IV
ReligionGreek Polytheism

Nicomedes II Epiphanes (Greek: Νικομήδης ὁ Ἐπιφανής "Nicomedes God-Manifest") was the king of Bithynia from 149 to c. 127 BC. He was fourth in descent from Nicomedes I. Nicomedes II was the son and successor of Prusias II and Apame IV. His parents were related as they were maternal cousins.

Life

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He was so popular with the people that his father sent him to Rome to limit his influence. However, in Rome, he also gained favor from the Roman Senate, forcing Prusias to send an emissary named Menas with secret orders to assassinate him.[1] But the emissary revealed the plot, and persuaded the prince to rebel against his father.[2]

Supported by Attalus II Philadelphus, king of Pergamon, he was completely successful, and ordered his father to be put to death at Nicomedia.[3] During his long reign Nicomedes adhered steadily to the Roman alliance, and assisted them against the pretender to the throne of Pergamon Eumenes III. He was succeeded by his son Nicomedes III.

Nicomedes introduced the Bithynian era for numbering years on his coins. This system was to last in parts of the Greek world down to the 4th century AD.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Appian. The Mithridatic Wars. He sent Menas as his fellow ambassador, and told him if he should secure a remission of the payments to spare Nicomedes, but if not, to kill him at Rome.
  2. ^ Appian. The Mithridatic Wars.
  3. ^ Appian. The Mithridatic Wars. Prusias fled to the temple of Zeus, where he was stabbed by some of the emissaries of Nicomedes.
  4. ^ Jakob Munk Højte, "From Kingdom to Province: Reshaping Pontos after the Fall of Mithridates VI", in Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen (ed.), Rome and the Black Sea Region: Domination, Romanisation, Resistance (Aarhus University Press, 2006), 15–30.
Preceded by King of Bithynia
149 BC – 127 BC 		Succeeded by
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