Asti (Thracian Tribe)
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Asti ( el, Αστοί) is the name of a
Thracian The Thracians (; grc, Θρᾷκες ''Thrāikes''; la, Thraci) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Eastern and Southeastern Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied t ...
tribe which is mentioned by
Livy Titus Livius (; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy ( ), was a Ancient Rome, Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled , covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditiona ...
. It is believed that they lived around the old Thracian capital of
Bizye Vize ( el, Βιζύη, bg, Виза) is a town and district of Kırklareli Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. The district governor is Elif Canan Tuncer, and the mayor is Ercan Özalp ( CHP). According to the Turkish Statistical Instit ...
.


List of rulers

A possible continuation of the earlier Odrysian monarchy under a line of kings reigning from Bizye (now
Vize Vize ( el, Βιζύη, bg, Виза) is a town and district of Kırklareli Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. The district governor is Elif Canan Tuncer, and the mayor is Ercan Özalp ( CHP). According to the Turkish Statistical Institu ...
) in eastern Thrace. * Cotys V, son of ? Beithys (?-by 87 BC) *
Sadalas I Sadalas I (Ancient Greek: Σαδάλας) was a king of the Odrysian kingdom of Thrace from before 87 BC to after 79 BC. He was the son of Cotys V. Sadala Point on Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Sadalas I.< ...
, son of Cotys V (by 87–after 79 BC) ** Amadocus, Odrysian royal sent to the aid of Sulla at
Chaeronea Chaeronea (English: or ; el, Χαιρώνεια , ) is a village and a former municipality in Boeotia, Greece, located about 35 kilometers east of Delphi. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Livadeia, of which ...
in 86 BC *
Cotys VI Cotys VI (Ancient Greek: Κότυς) was a king of the Odrysian kingdom of Thrace. References See also *List of Thracian tribes This is a list of ancient tribes in Thrace and Dacia ( grc, Θρᾴκη, Δακία) including possibly or partly ...
, son of
Sadalas I Sadalas I (Ancient Greek: Σαδάλας) was a king of the Odrysian kingdom of Thrace from before 87 BC to after 79 BC. He was the son of Cotys V. Sadala Point on Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Sadalas I.< ...
(by 57–48 BC) *
Sadalas II Sadalas II (Ancient Greek: Σαδάλας) was a king of the Odrysian kingdom of Thrace from 48 BC to 42 BC. He was the son of Cotys VI. References See also *List of Thracian tribes This is a list of ancient tribes in Thrace and Dacia ( grc ...
, son of Cotys VI (48–42 BC) *
Sadalas III Sadalas III (Ancient Greek: Σαδάλας) was a king of the Odrysian kingdom of Thrace from 42 BC to 31 BC. He was possibly the son of Sadalas II. See also *List of Thracian tribes This is a list of ancient tribes in Thrace and Dacia ( grc, ...
, kinsman of Sadalas II (42-31 BC) *
Cotys VII Cotys I (Ancient Greek: Κότυς; died 48 BC) was a Sapaean client king of the Odrysian kingdom of Thrace from c. 57 BC to c. 48 BC. He was the son of Rhoemetalces. Cotys was an ally of the Roman general Pompey, to whom he sent a body of auxili ...
, son of
Sadalas II Sadalas II (Ancient Greek: Σαδάλας) was a king of the Odrysian kingdom of Thrace from 48 BC to 42 BC. He was the son of Cotys VI. References See also *List of Thracian tribes This is a list of ancient tribes in Thrace and Dacia ( grc ...
by Polemocratia (31–18 BC) *
Rhescuporis II Rhescuporis II was king of the Sapaean kingdom of Thrace from 12 to 19 AD. He ruled half of the kingdom in succession to his brother Rhoemetalces I, and briefly ruler of the entire realm thereafter, usurping the other half from nephew Cotys VIII ...
, son of
Cotys VII Cotys I (Ancient Greek: Κότυς; died 48 BC) was a Sapaean client king of the Odrysian kingdom of Thrace from c. 57 BC to c. 48 BC. He was the son of Rhoemetalces. Cotys was an ally of the Roman general Pompey, to whom he sent a body of auxili ...
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


See also

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List of Thracian tribes This is a list of ancient tribes in Thrace and Dacia ( grc, Θρᾴκη, Δακία) including possibly or partly Thracian or Dacian tribes, and non-Thracian or non-Dacian tribes that inhabited the lands known as Thrace and Dacia. A great number o ...


References

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