Nicomedes may refer to:
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Nicomedes (mathematician)
Nicomedes (; grc-gre, Νικομήδης; c. 280 – c. 210 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician.
Life and work
Almost nothing is known about Nicomedes' life apart from references in his works. Studies have stated that Nicomedes was born in ...
, ancient Greek mathematician who discovered the conchoid
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Nicomedes of Sparta
Nicomedes () was a Spartan military commander and a scion of the royal Agiad dynasty. He was a regent of Sparta during the minority of Pleistoanax, the son of his brother Pausanias.
Biography
Nicomedes was the son of Cleombrotus (died 479 BC ...
, regent during the youth of King Pleistoanax, commanded the Spartan army at the Battle of Tanagra (457 BC)
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Saint Nicomedes
Saint Nicomedes was a Martyr of unknown era, whose feast is observed 15 September. He was buried in a catacomb on the Via Nomentana near the gate of that name. , Martyr of unknown era, whose feast is observed 15 September
Four kings of Bithynia in Anatolia, 3rd–1st century BC:
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Nicomedes I of Bithynia
Nicomedes I ( grc, Νικομήδης; lived c. 300 BC – c. 255 BC, ruled 278 BC – c. 255 BC), second king of Bithynia, was the eldest son of Zipoetes I, whom he succeeded on the throne in 278 BC.
Life
He commenced his reign by putting t ...
, ruled 278–255 BC
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Nicomedes II of Bithynia
Nicomedes II Epiphanes (Greek: Νικομήδης ὁ Ἐπιφανής "Nicomedes God-Manifest") was the king of Bithynia from 149 to c. 127 BC. He was fourth in descent from Nicomedes I. Nicomedes II was the son and successor of Prusias II and ...
, 149–127 BC
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Nicomedes III of Bithynia
Nicomedes III Euergetes ("the Benefactor", grc-gre, Νικομήδης Εὐεργέτης) was the king of Bithynia, from c. 127 BC to c. 94 BC. He was the son and successor of Nicomedes II of Bithynia.
Life
Memnon of Heraclea wrote that Nic ...
, 127–94 BC
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Nicomedes IV of Bithynia
Nicomedes IV Philopator ( grc-gre, Νικομήδης Φιλοπάτωρ) was the king of Bithynia from c. 94 BC to 74 BC. (''numbered as III. not IV.'') He was the first son and successor of Nicomedes III of Bithynia.
Life
Memnon of Heraclea wro ...
, 94–74 BC
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