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Prusias I Of Bithynia




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 .

  Title King Of Bithynia
  Before Ziaelas
  After Prusias II