Sapaeans

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Sapaeans, Sapaei or Sapaioi (Ancient Greek, "Σαπαίοι") were a Thracian[1] tribe close to the Greek city of Abdera. One of their kings was named Abrupolis [2] and had allied himself with the Romans. They ruled Thrace after the Odrysians until its incorporation by the Roman Empire as a province.[3]

Approximate location of the Sapaioi

Sapaean Kings of Thrace

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  • Cotys I son of Rhoemetalces c. 57 BC – c. 48 BC
  • Rhescuporis I son of Cotys I 48 BC-41 BC
  • Cotys II son of Rhescuporis I 42 BC – 15 BC
  • Roman caretaker rules Rhoemetalces III part of Thrace 26-38

Family tree of Sapaean kings of Thrace

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Rhoemetalces
SAPAEAN KINGS
Cotys I (Sapaean)
Mark Antony
∞ Antonia Hybrida
Rhescuporis I (Sapaean)Rascus
Antonia
Pythodoros of Tralles
Cotys II (Sapaean)
Pythodorida of Pontus
Polemon I of Pontus
Rhoemetalces I
∞ Pythodoris I
(woman)
Cotys VII
ASTAEAN KINGS
Rhescuporis II (Sapaean)
Antonia TryphaenaCotys III (Sapaean)Rhoemetalces III
38-46
Rhoemetalces II
19-38
Gepaepyris
Tiberius Julius Aspurgus
king of Vosporus
Cotys IX
king of Lesser Armenia
Pythodoris II

References

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  1. ^ Pausanias's Description Of Greece V4: Commentary On Books VI-VIII by James G. Frazer,2006, page 132: "... 10. 6. led an army against . . . Abrupolis, king of the Sapaeans etc. The Sapaeans were a Thracian tribe in the neighbourhood of Abdera..."
  2. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece,Achaia,7.10.1,"Perseus, the son of Philip, who was at peace with Rome in accordance with a treaty his father Philip had made, resolved to break the oaths, and leading an army against the Sapaeans and their king Abrupolis, allies of the Romans, made their country desolate. These Sapaeans Archilochus5 mentions in an iambic line.The Macedonians and Perseus were conquered because of this wrong done to the Sapaeans, and afterwards ten Roman senators were sent to arrange the affairs of Macedonia in the best interests of the Romans. When they came to Greece, Callicrates curried favour with them, no form of flattery, whether in word or in deed, being too gross for him to use. One member of the commission, a most dishonorable man, Callicrates so captivated that he actually persuaded him to attend the meeting of the Achaean League."
  3. ^ Thracian Kings, University of Michigan

See also

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