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Rhadamsades ( el, Τιβέριος Ἰούλιος Ραδαμσάδης, translit=Tiberios Ioulios Radamsades), also known as Radamsad, Rhadamsadius or Rhadampsadius, was the 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, ...
, a
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, from 309 to 322. For the last five years of his reign he ruled together with Rhescuporis VI, who became the sole king upon Rhadamsades's death. It is possible that Rhadamsades, perhaps of
Sarmatian The Sarmatians (; grc, Σαρμαται, Sarmatai; Latin: ) were a large confederation of Ancient Iranian peoples, ancient Eastern Iranian languages, Eastern Iranian peoples, Iranian Eurasian nomads, equestrian nomadic peoples of classical ant ...
or
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origin, is the same person as Rausimod, a barbarian king who invaded
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in 322 and was killed by the forces of
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.


Origin

Rhadamsades became 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, ...
in 309, succeeding Theothorses. Nothing is known of his origin and relationship to other kings. Like his predecessor Theothorses, his name is of Iranian origin, which could indicate that he was a
Sarmatian The Sarmatians (; grc, Σαρμαται, Sarmatai; Latin: ) were a large confederation of Ancient Iranian peoples, ancient Eastern Iranian languages, Eastern Iranian peoples, Iranian Eurasian nomads, equestrian nomadic peoples of classical ant ...
or
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tribal leader or nobleman who seized power, rather than a genuine member of the previous Bosporan ruling
Tiberian-Julian dynasty The Tiberian-Julian dynasy was the third and last dynasty of the kingdom of Cimmerian Bosporan. The members of it bare the names ''Tiberius Julius'' before their names, on behalf of the Roman Emperor Tiberius Julius. The first member of the family ...
. The name in of itself is not wholly convincing evidence since the dynasty itself was originally of partly Sarmatian origin. The French genealogist
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believes Rhadamsades to have been born as a son of Theothorses.


Reign

Rhadamsades shared power with another Bosporan king, Rhescuporis VI, from 314 until the end of his reign. Rhescuporis VI's name suggests that he was of Bosporan origin and a genuine Tiberian-Julian dynast. It is not clear whether Rhadamsades and Rhescuporis VI co-ruled in peace or if they were competing claimants. Settipani believes Rhescuporis VI to have been the younger brother of Rhadamsades. According to the writings of the fifth-century historian
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and the tenth-century emperor
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, an army of Sarmatians and
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invaded
Pannonia Pannonia (, ) was a province of the Roman Empire bounded on the north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. Pannonia was located in the territory that is now wes ...
in 322 under the command of the king Rausimod, perhaps identifiable with Rhadamsades. Rausimod is said to have been defeated, pursued and killed by the forces of
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in 322; the Bosporan Rhadamsades is also known to have died in 322.


References

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