Sapaeans

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

Main article: Thracian kings

• 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

• Thrace becomes a client state of Rome at 11 BC

• Rhoemetalces I son of Cotys II 15 BC – 12 AD
• Rhescuporis II son of Cotys II in western Thrace; 12–18 AD deposed
• Cotys III son of Rhoemetalces I in eastern Thrace 12–18 murdered
• Rhoemetalces II son of Cotys III and Tryphaena 18–26

• Roman caretaker rules Rhoemetalces III part of Thrace 26-38

• Antonia Tryphaena (Queen), co-ruler of Rhoemetalces II
• Rhoemetalces III son of Rhescuporis II 38–46

• 46 to the Roman Empire

• Pythodoris II (Queen), co-ruler of Rhoemetalces III

Family tree of Sapaean kings of Thrace

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 Tryphaena

Cotys 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