Zipoetes II, also Zipoites II or Ziboetes II, possibly Tiboetes II (

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: Zιπoίτης or Zιβoίτης) was a ruler of

Bithynia Bithynia (; ) was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Paphlagonia to the northeast a ...

from 279 BCE to 276 BCE; his name, which survives chiefly in Hellenized forms, has three syllables.

Life

He was a son of the great ruler

Zipoetes I of Bithynia Zipoetes I, also Zipoites I or Ziboetes I, possibly Tiboetes I (Greek: Zιπoίτης or Zιβoίτης; lived c. 354 BC – 278 BC, ruled c. 326 BC – 278 BC) was a ruler of Bithynia. Life He succeeded his father Bas on the throne in about 326 ...

, and a younger brother of

Nicomedes I of Bithynia Nicomedes I (; lived c. 300 BC – c. 255 BC, reigned 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 began his reign by killing two of his brothers, but ...

. When Nicomedes tried to kill his three brothers, Zipoetes II was the only one to escape. He then raised an insurrection against Nicomedes and succeeded in maintaining himself, for some time, in the independent sovereignty of a considerable part of Bithynia. It was in order to vanquish Zipoetes II, that Nicomedes successfully called in the

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and Lutarius, future founders of

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.Smith, p.1329

Notes

References

* Smith, William (editor); ''

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