Nicias of Nicaea (Νικίας ὁ Νικαεύς) was a Hellenistic historian of the 3rd century BCE, originating from the city of Nicaea in Bithynia [1]. Beyond this geographic association, no details of his life are preserved.

His sole known work is a History of the Successors (τὰ περὶ τοὺς Διαδόχους), a lost prose account of the wars following Alexander the Great’s death [1]. The surviving fragments indicate it focused on the conflicts among Alexander’s generals, the Diadochi.

Nicias is a minor figure whose significance lies in representing the proliferation of local historians in Hellenistic Asia Minor. His work was used as a source by the later historian Memnon of Heraclea, through whom Nicias contributed to the transmission of historical details about the early Hellenistic period in Bithynia [1].

Sources 1. ToposText: Nicias of Nicaea: https://topostext.org/people/1500