12-16-2007, 12:47 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bithynia wiki entry:
But the last king, Nicomedes IV, was unable to maintain himself against Mithridates VI of Pontus, and, after being restored to his throne by the Roman Senate, he bequeathed his kingdom by will to the Roman republic (74 BC).<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Bithynia contains Nicea. Also Piso family which married into Judio-claudians had familial connections to Pontus.
But the last king, Nicomedes IV, was unable to maintain himself against Mithridates VI of Pontus, and, after being restored to his throne by the Roman Senate, he bequeathed his kingdom by will to the Roman republic (74 BC).<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Bithynia contains Nicea. Also Piso family which married into Judio-claudians had familial connections to Pontus.