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12.4.2, where his name is spelt as ̇Δοιδαλσοῦ, but he is not identified with the Bithynians, only with the city of Astacus. Slavova (2015) called him a "Bithynian king". According to Olmstead (2022), he was "the first-known semi-independent king of
40:("king") in 297 BCE, the positions of him and his predecessors are variously described as "prince", "chieftain", "ruler", and "king". One of the primary sources for the monarchs of Bithynia is 156:("king") in 297 BCE. Memnon of Heraclea appeared not to make such a distinction when he described Zipoetes' entire reign: "The life of this one was 76 years, and he ruled the dominion 48." ( 152:). Andrew Smith (2004) translated this as "Zipoetes, the ruler of the Bithynians". According to Williams (1990), Zipoetes was a "chieftain" before he assumed the Greek title of 164:). Smith (2004) translated the passage as "Zipoetes lived for 76 years and ruled the kingdom for 48 years." Slavova (2015) called him a "Bithynian king". 93:). Andrew Smith (2004) translated this as "when Doedalsus was the ruler of the Bithynians." The only other mention of this person is found in 1046: 887: 256:
The coinage of these kings shows their regal portraits, which tend to be engraved in an extremely accomplished Hellenistic style.
85:). Memnon of Heraclea wrote about him: " achieved great glory and strength, when Dudalsos had the dominion of the Bithynians." ( 1340: 1294: 1266: 1093: 1086: 1355: 1350: 54: 1151:
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376–326 BCE. Memnon wrote: "The life of this became 71 years, of which he reigned as king 50." (
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376 BCE. He is mentioned only by Memnon as a successor of Dudalsos.
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278–255 BC. Memnon described him as "...the Bithynians, whose
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Correspondence with Trajan from Bythinia (Epistles X, 15–121)
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326–278 BCE. Memnon of Heraclea called him "Zipoites the
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Translated by Smith, Andrew. 2004 13: 14: 1367: 198:ὁ τῆς Βιθυνίας βασιλεὺς Νικομήδης 260:Family tree of kings of Bithynia 252:who ruled briefly in about 90 BC 1248: 1312:"Memnon: History of Heracleia" 1233: 1102: 1075: 1: 1286:History of the Persian Empire 1255:Williams, Wynne, ed. (1990). 1119: 1029: 909: 826: 737: 657: 556: 496: 482: 402: 342: 150:Ζιποίτης δὲ ὁ Βιθυνῶν ἐπάρχων 137: 120: 111: 60: 7: 1219:Studia classica Serdicensia 1056: 895:Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia 34:assumed the Greek title of 10: 1372: 197: 185: 161: 149: 128: 90: 82: 49: 1341:Lists of monarchs in Asia 999: 997: 995: 989: 987: 985: 977: 973: 971: 969: 963: 961: 959: 955: 933: 931: 914: 899: 870: 868: 796: 794: 792: 786: 782: 780: 778: 774: 752: 750: 748: 746: 744: 727: 725: 723: 721: 719: 706: 704: 688: 686: 680: 647: 623: 621: 619: 613: 611: 609: 599: 595: 593: 591: 587: 579: 575: 573: 571: 525: 523: 453: 451: 449: 441: 437: 435: 433: 429: 371: 369: 311: 309: 200:); Smith (2004) rendered 1283:Olmstead, A. T. 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Index

Bithynia
Anatolia
Zipoetes I of Bithynia
Basileus
Ancient Greek
romanized
Memnon of Heraclea
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek
Strabo
Geographica
Boteiras
Bas
Ancient Greek
Zipoetes I
eparch
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek
Zipoetes II
Nicomedes I
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek
Etazeta
Ziaelas
Prusias I Cholus
Prusias II Cynegus
Nicomedes II Epiphanes
Nicomedes III Euergetes
Nicomedes IV Philopator
Socrates Chrestus

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