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NICOMEDES III  ., Philopator,

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king of
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Bithynia, 91–74 B.C., was the son and successor of Nicomedes II . His
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brother
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Socrates, assisted by
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Mithradates, drove him out, but he was reinstated by the
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Romans (9o) . He was again expelled by Mithradates, who defeated him on the
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river Amneus (or Amnias) in
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Paphlagonia . This led to the first Mithradatic
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War, as the result of which Nicomedes was again restored (84) . At his
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death he bequeathed his
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kingdom to the Romans, a
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legacy which subsequently brought about the third Mithradatic War .
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Justin
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xxxvii . 4, xxxviii . 1, 2;
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Appian, Mithrad . 7, 10-20, 57, 6o;
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Memnon in C .
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Muller, Frag. hist . Graec. iii . 541;
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Plutarch,
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Sulla, 22, 24;
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Eutropius vi .

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