Sauromates II
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Tiberius Julius Sauromates II Philocaesar Philoromaios Eusebes, also known as Sauromates II (Greek: Τιβέριος Ἰούλιος Σαυρομάτης Β΄ Φιλοκαῖσαρ Φιλορωμαῖος Eὐσεβής, Philocaesar Philoromaios Eusebes, the epithets meaning "friend of Caesar, friend of Rome, pious one"[1]) was a Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom. His coins are known from the period 172–210, probably accounting for his entire reign.[2]
Lineage
Tiberius Julius Sauromates II is known from inscriptions to have been the son of the Bosporan king Rhoemetalces.[3] Sauromates II's predecessor Eupator might have been his uncle.[3]
Although his surname "Sauromates" indicates alleged
Life
Eupator died at some point between 170 and 172
Little is known of the life and reign of Sauromates II. According to surviving coinage, he appeared to be a religious person who was involved in the worship of the Goddess
The name of Sauromates' wife is not preserved. They had at least one son,
See also
- Bosporan Kingdom
- List of kings of Cimmerian Bosporus
- Roman Crimea
- Tanais Tablets
References
Citations
- ^ Ivantchik (2014), pp. 168–170.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-904173-16-1.
- ^ ISBN 978-2-7018-0226-8.
- ^ Mommsen (2005), p. 314 footnote 1.
- ^ Sullivan (1990), p. 324-325.
- ^ a b Mommsen (2005), pp. 312–314, 314 footnote 1.
- ^ Engels (2017), p. 75.
- ^ Sullivan (1990), pp. 323–325.
- ^ Mayor (2011), pp. xviii, 417 footnote 54.
- ^ Huzar (1978), pp. 230–231.
- ^ Myzgin & Beidin (2012), p. 75.
- ^ a b c Zograph (1938), p. 108.
- ^ Zograph (1938), pp. 106–111.
- ^ Zograph (1938), p. 108, 110-111.
Sources
- Myzgin, Kirill; Beidin, Georgiy (2012), "Finds of Bosporan Coins in the Territory of the East-European Barbaricum", in Anna Kowalczyk; et al. (eds.), Notae Numismaticae, vol. VII, Kraków: Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie i Autorzy, pp. 57–76, ISSN 1426-5435.
- Engels (2017), "The Seleucid and Achaemenid Court: Continuity or Change?", in Andrew Erskine; Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones; Shane Wallace (eds.), The Hellenistic Court: Monarchic Power and Elite Society from Alexander to Cleopatra, Ceredigion: The Classical Press of Wales, pp. 69–100, ISBN 978-1-910589-62-5.
- Huzar, Eleanor Goltz (1978), Mark Antony: a Biography, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, ISBN 0-8166-0863-6.
- Ivantchik, Askold (2014), "Roman Troops in the Bosporus. Old Problem in the Light of a New Inscription Found in Tanais", Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia, 20, Brill: 165–194.
- Mayor, Adrienne (2011), Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy, Princeton: Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691-15026-0.
- Mommsen, Theodore (2005) [1909], William P. Dickson (ed.), The provinces of the Roman empire from Caesar to Diocletian, translated by William P. Dickson, Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Library.
- Sullivan, Richard, D. (1990), Near Eastern Royalty and Rome, 100-30 BC, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, ISBN 0-8020-2682-6.)
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - Zograph, A. N. (1938), "Sauromates II's Reform of the Currency", The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society, 18: 99–116, JSTOR 42664185.
Further reading
- Rome, the Greek world, and the East, by Fergus Millar, Hannah M. Cotton and Guy M. Rogers, Vol 2: Government, Society & Culture in the Roman Empire