was the son of the preceding, and succeeded his father about 91 B.C. His territories lay too Nicomedia near the seat of the grasping Mithridates to remain long in tranquillity. In a short time his brother Socrates, instigated by that intriguing foe, rose in rebellion and drove him from his kingdom. No sooner had the unfortunate king, by the intervention of the Roman senate, been reseated upon his throne in 90 B.C., than he was induced by the crafty counsels of Rome to embroil himself once more with Mithridates. The result was, that in the course of two years his forces were cut to pieces by the troops of Pontus on the banks of the Amniss; his kingdom was invaded; and he did not consider himself safe from his formidable enemy until he had fled as far as Italy. There he waited till the treaty concluded between Sylla and Mithridates in 84 B.C. restored him to his sceptre. The rest of his reign seems to have passed in comparative tranquillity. He died in 74 B.C., leaving no issue, and bequeathing his kingdom to the Romans.