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1386:Pharnaces I
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1302:Nicomedes I
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978:Attalus I
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251:See also
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134:Seleucid
1839:Ptolemy
1793:Arybbas
1773:Admetus
1755:Cotys I
1735:Polemon
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1726:Dynamis
1721:Dynamis
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