person
Nicomedes IV of Bithynia
Nicomedes
also: Nicomede, Nicomedem
King of Bithynia, a Roman client whom Mithridates twice expelled; on his death Rome annexed the kingdom, which Mithridates' letter denounces as theft from a rightful heir.
Reading notes
- The Histories §Mithr.2 Nicomedes
Nicomedes IV of Bithynia, a Roman client; on his death Rome took his kingdom, Mithridates says, from its rightful heir.