Eupator ( el, Τιβέριος Ἰούλιος Εὐπάτωρ Φιλοκαῖσαρ Φιλορωμαῖος Eὐσεβής, ''Tiberios Iulios Eupator Philocaesar Philoromaios Eusebes'', flourished 2nd century, died c. 170) was a
Roman
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client king of the
Bosporan Kingdom
The Bosporan Kingdom, also known as the Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus (, ''Vasíleio toú Kimmerikoú Vospórou''), was an ancient Greco-Scythian state located in eastern Crimea and the Taman Peninsula on the shores of the Cimmerian Bosporus, ...
. Like many of the late Bosporan kings, Eupator is known mainly from coinage. His coins are known from the period 154–170.
His relations to other kings of the Bosporus are unknown; he might have been a son of
Cotys II and a brother of his predecessor
Rhoemetalces.
He was succeeded by
Sauromates II, perhaps his nephew,
whose coins are first known from the year 172.
Eupator is mentioned in the writings of
Lucian
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(Alexander 57). Lucian had witnessed envoys sent by Eupator to travel to
Bithynia
Bithynia (; Koine Greek: , ''Bithynía'') was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Pa ...
to pay the Bosporan Kingdom's yearly tribute to
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
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.
See also
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Bosporan Kingdom
The Bosporan Kingdom, also known as the Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus (, ''Vasíleio toú Kimmerikoú Vospórou''), was an ancient Greco-Scythian state located in eastern Crimea and the Taman Peninsula on the shores of the Cimmerian Bosporus, ...
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Roman Crimea The Crimean Peninsula (at the time known as ''Taurica'') was under partial control of the Roman Empire during the period of 47 BC to c. 340 AD.
The territory under Roman control mostly coincided with the Bosporan Kingdom (although under Nero, from ...
References
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Rulers of the Bosporan Kingdom
Roman client rulers
2nd-century births
2nd-century monarchs in Europe
Eupator, Tiberius
170 deaths