Information About ™Prusias I Of Bithynia |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT PRUSIAS I OF BITHYNIA | |
| 228 bc births | |
| 182 bc deaths | |
| ancient greeks | |
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Prusias fought a war against Byzantium ( 220 BC ), then defeated the Gauls that Nicomedes I had invited across the Bosporus ( 218 ). He expanded the territories of Bithynia in a series of wars against Attalus I of Pergamum and Heraclea Pontica on the Black Sea . Philip V granted him the ports of Keios and Myrleia in 202 , which he renamed Prusa and Apameia respectively. Although he granted sanctuary to Hannibal , he remained neutral during the Roman Republic 's war with Antiochus III The Great . He was succeeded by his son Prusias II .
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