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Biography. Nysa was the daughter of the Monarchs Nicomedes III of Bithynia and Nysa, a princess from the Kingdom of Cappadocia. She was the namesake of her mother and had several half-brothers, Nicomedes IV of Bithynia from her fathers first marriage to Aristonica, (who reigned as king from c. 94 BC to c. 74 BC), Socrates Chrestus born by her fathers concubine Hagne, and possibly Pylaemenes III by an unknown woman (whom her father placed as king Paphlagonia).
Gaius Iulius Caesar (100-44 BC) was sent to the Bithynian court during the siege of Mytilenae in 81 BC, by Marcus Minucius Thermus, the proconsul of the Province of Asia, in order to obtain a flect from Nicomedes IV, the King of Bithynia and an ally of Rome, to ensure his support for the siege.
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Nysa or Nyssa (Greek: Νύσ(σ)α flourished 1st century BC) was queen consort of Bithynia. She was married to king Nicomedes IV of Bithynia. She was a daughter of Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia. She married Nicomedes before her became king, when her father-in-law Nicomedes III was still alive. In 94 BC, her spouse became king.
Nicomedes IV of Bithynia. Suetonius (lui. 2) reports that Caesar dawdled at the royal court, so that a rumour crept up of sexual congress with the king (prostratae regi pudicitiae); and the rumour only grew when a few days after his mission was accomplished, Caesar returned to Bithynia 'on the pretext of collecting money which
Nicomedes IV Philopator (Greek: Νικομήδης Φιλοπάτωρ) was the king of Bithynia from c. 94 BC to 74 BC. He was the first son and successor of Nicomedes III of Bithynia.
