Bithynians
The Bithynians were an ancient Thracian people who inhabited the region of Bithynia in northwestern Anatolia, a territory that would later become part of the Roman province of Bithynia et Pontus. Their origins are traced back to migrations from Thrace around the early 1st millennium BCE. Initially, they were a tribal society with a strong military tradition.
The Bithynians interacted with the various cultures and empires that rose and fell in Anatolia, including the
In the Hellenistic period, after the conquests of Alexander the Great, Bithynia came under the influence of
The Kingdom of Bithynia eventually became a client state of Rome. In 74 BCE, the last king,