Tiberius Julius Rhoemetalces
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Greek Polytheism |
Rhoemetalces, also known as Rhoimetalces (Greek: Τιβέριος Ἰούλιος Ροιμητάλκης, fl. 2nd century AD; died 153), was a Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom.
Life
When
According to the
Rhoemetalces appears to have been religious and was involved in the worship of Aphrodite. This can be confirmed by an inscription found on a statue base from Phanagoria.
Tiberius Julius, king Rhoimetalces, a friend of the Caesar and of the Romans, pious, having gathered and augmented the lands of Thianneoi that were dedicated to by Letodoros, and pelatoi, according to the record on the monument that stands nearby, that decreased with time, restored them safe to the goddess, by the concern of Alexandros, son of Myreimos, the minister of religion, in 448, in the month of Apellaios, 20.
Not much more is known of his reign and life. He was succeeded by
See also
- Bosporan Kingdom
- Roman Crimea
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-904173-16-1.
- ^ ISBN 978-2-7018-0226-8.