Kingdom of Bithynia under Prusias II

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The Kingdom of Bithynia under Prusias II was a Hellenistic monarchy in northwestern Anatolia marked by its ruler’s shifting alliances with major powers like Rome and Pergamon during the 2nd century BCE.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic kingdom
monarchy
borderedBy Black Sea
Sea of Marmara
surface form: Propontis
diplomaticRelationWith Eumenes II
surface form: Eumenes II of Pergamon

Roman Senate
engagedIn Macedonian Wars
surface form: Third Macedonian War

diplomatic missions to Rome
wars with Kingdom of Pergamon
follows Kingdom of Bithynia under Prusias I
foreignPolicyFeature shifting alliances with Rome and Pergamon
hasAllegiance Kingdom of Pergamon
Roman Republic
Seleucid Empire
hasCapital Nicomedia (traditionally)
surface form: Nicomedia
hasCulturalInfluence Hellenistic Greek culture
hasDynasty Royal house of Bithynia
surface form: Bithynian dynasty
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
maritime trade
tribute payments to Rome
hasGovernmentType monarchy
hasLanguage Greek
hasMilitaryFeature regional power in northwestern Anatolia
hasNeighbor Byzantium
Kingdom of Pergamon
Kingdom of Pontus
hasPoliticalStatus client kingdom of Rome
hasReligion Ancient Greek religion
hasRuler Prusias II of Bithynia
hasRulerTitle king
hasStrategicImportance access to Black Sea trade
control of routes between Balkans and Anatolia
hasSuccessionEvent overthrow of Prusias II by his son Nicomedes II
hasUrbanCenter Chalcedon
Nicomedia (traditionally)
surface form: Nicomedia

Prusa ad Olympum
surface form: Prusa
historicalContext post-Alexandrian successor states
locatedIn Asia Minor
Bithynia
Western Anatolia
surface form: northwestern Anatolia
partOf Hellenistic period
surface form: Hellenistic world
partOfConflictSystem power struggle between Rome, Pergamon, and Hellenistic kingdoms
precedes Kingdom of Bithynia under Prusias II self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kingdom of Bithynia under Nicomedes II
timePeriod 2nd century BCE
usesCurrency Hellenistic coinage

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Prusias I of Bithynia successorState Kingdom of Bithynia under Prusias II
Kingdom of Bithynia under Prusias II precedes Kingdom of Bithynia under Prusias II self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Bithynia under Nicomedes II