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

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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

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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

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References

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  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.