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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

Main article: Thracian kings

• Cotys I son of Rhoemetalces c.57 BC-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; deposed 12–19 AD
• Cotys III son of Rhoemetalces I in eastern Thrace 12–19
• Rhoemetalces II son of Rhescuporis II and Tryphaena 19–26

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

• Rhoemetalces III son of Kotys III and Pythodoris II effectively from 38, 26–46

• 46 to the Roman Empire

 

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