Asti (Thracian tribe)

Asti (Greek: Αστοί) is the name of a Thracian tribe which is mentioned by Livy.[1] It is believed that they lived around the old Thracian capital of Bizye.[2]

Temporary area of some tribes including Sapei and Astae

List of rulers

A possible continuation of the earlier Odrysian monarchy under a line of kings reigning from Bizye (now Vize) in eastern Thrace.[3]

  • Cotys V, son of ? Beithys (?-by 87 BC)
  • Sadalas I, son of Cotys V (by 87–after 79 BC)
    • Amadocus, Odrysian royal sent to the aid of Sulla at Chaeronea in 86 BC
  • Cotys VI, son of Sadalas I (by 57–48 BC)[4]
  • Sadalas II, son of Cotys VI (48–42 BC)
  • Sadalas III, kinsman of Sadalas II (42-31 BC)
  • Cotys VII, son of Sadalas II by Polemocratia (31–18 BC)
  • Rhescuporis II, son of Cotys VII by daughter of the Sapaean king Cotys II, killed by the Bessi (18–11 BC)
    • 11 BC Astaean Thrace conferred on Rhescuporis II's maternal uncle, the Sapaean king Rhoemetalces I, by the Roman emperor Augustus, thereby uniting Thrace

Family tree of Astaean kings in Thrace

Cotys IV
in inner Thrace
ODRYSIAN KINGS
Dyegilos
king of Caeni		Bithys
in inner Thrace
BRANCH OF
ASTAEAN KINGS
Cotys V
Sadalas I
Cotys VI
Sadalas II
Sadalas IIICotys VII(woman)Rhoemetalces I
king of Sapaeans
Rhescuporis II (Astaean)SAPAEAN KINGS

See also

References

  1. ^ Livy XXXVIII.40
  2. ^ A. H. M. Jones, The Cities of the Eastern Roman Provinces, 2nd Edition
  3. ^ Mladjov, Thracian Kings, University of Michigan; Werner 1961: 117-119, 239, 242; Sullivan 1990: 25-30, 145-151, stemma 1.
  4. ^ Kessler, P L. "Kingdoms of Greece - Sapes (Thrace)". www.historyfiles.co.uk.
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