Nicomedes IV of Bithynia and Sulla #sulla #appian

Nicomedes IV and Sulla had a cooperative relationship and have known each other in the 90s BC. Sulla did so to show Rome was the superior power to Bithynia, but both men helped each other.
#sulla #mithridates #appian #bithynia

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:35 Early Reign
1:23 Sulla's Speech from Appian
2:31 Final Thoughts

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Stark Goes Dark- The Whole Other

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Ariobarzanes I- Shakko, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Appian- Livius
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Roman asia, eve of First Mithridatic war- Ilfy6, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Bithynia - king Nikomedes IV - 94-74 BC - silver tetradrachm - head of Nikomedes IV - Zeus - München SMS 01- ArchaiOptix, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Social war (Roman and insurgent territory)- Ifly6, CC BY-SA 4.0
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So-called bust of Sulla, Augustan copy of an original of the late 2nd century B.C., Glyptothek, Munich (13271239925)- Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0
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“Live auction - bgr_569408 - BITHYNIA - BITHYNIAN KINGDOM - SOCRATES CHRESTUS Tétradrachme"- CGBFR
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Sources:
-Appian- Roman History, II, Books 8.2-12, trans by Horace White, (Harvard University Press, 1912)
-Keaveney, Federico- Sulla, the Elites and the Empire: A Study of Roman Politics in Italy and the Greek East, (Brill, 2007)
-Matyszak, Philip- Mithridates The Great: Rome’s Indomitable Enemy, (Pen & Sword Military, 2008)