This is a list of kings of Bithynia, an ancient kingdom in northwestern Anatolia.
Before Zipoetes I of Bithynia assumed the Greek title of Basileus ("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 About Hericlea () of Memnon of Heraclea.
List
- Doedalsus (). Memnon of Heraclea wrote about him: "<nowiki>[</nowiki>Astacus<nowiki>]</nowiki> achieved great glory and strength, when Dudalsos had the dominion of the Bithynians." (). Andrew Smith (2004) translated this as "when Doedalsus was the ruler of the Bithynians." The only other mention of this person is found in Strabo's Geographica 12.4.2, where his name is spelt as ̇Δοιδαλσοῦ, but he is not identified with the Bithynians, only with the city of Astacus.
Family tree of kings of Bithynia
See also
- Bithynian coinage