under
Sitalces The list below includes the known
Odrysian kings of Thrace, but much of it is conjectural, based on incomplete sources, and the varying interpretation of ongoing numismatic and archaeological discoveries. Various other
Thracian kings (some of them non-Odrysian) are included as well. Odrysian kings though called Kings of Thrace never exercised sovereignty over all of Thrace. Control varied according to tribal relationships. Odrysian kings (names are presented in Latin forms): •
Teres I, son of ? Odryses, (480/450/430 BC) •
Sparatocus, son of
Teres I (c. 465?-by 431 BC) •
Sitalces, son of Teres I (by 431-424 BC) •
Seuthes I, son of
Sparatocus (424-396 BC) •
Maesades, father of
Seuthes II, local ruler in eastern Thrace? • Teres II, local ruler in eastern Thrace • Saratocus (= Sadocus, son of
Sitalces?), local ruler in western Thrace? • Metocus (
= Amadocus I?), son of ?
Sitalces •
Amadocus I, son of ? Metocus (unless identical to him) or of
Sitalces (by 405-after 390 BC) •
Seuthes II, son of
Maesades, descendant of
Teres I, local ruler in eastern Thrace (by 405?-after 387 BC) •
Hebryzelmis, son or brother of ?
Seuthes I (c. 386 BC) •
Cotys I, son of ?
Seuthes I or
Seuthes II (by 384–360 or 359 BC) •
Cersobleptes, son of
Cotys I,
king in eastern Thrace (360 or 359-341 BC) •
Berisades, rival of
Cersobleptes,
king in western Thrace in Strimos (359-352 BC) •
Amadocus II, son of
Amadocus I and rival of
Cersobleptes,
king in central Thrace in Chersonese and Maroneia (359-351 BC) •
Cetriporis, son of
Berisades,
king in western Thrace in Strimos (358-347 BC) •
Teres III, son of ?
Amadocus II,
king in central Thrace in Chersonese and Maroneia (351-342 BC) • The kings of Thrace are forced to submit to Macedonian rule or overlordship by 341 BC •
Seuthes III, son of ?
Teres III or
Cotys I, opposed Macedonian rule (by 324–after 312 BC) • The succession to Seuthes III is unclear; the area was partitioned among Thracian dynasts and Macedonian kings, after 277 also by the Celts of
Tylis Odrysian rulers in eastern Thrace (hypothetical reconstruction) Source: •
Cotys II, son of Seuthes (
III?) (attested 330 BC, while still prince, if son of Seuthes III?) •
Rhaezdus (
Rhoegus?), son of ?
Cotys II •
Cotys III, son of
Rhaezdus (c. 270 BC) •
Rhescuporis I, son of
Cotys III (?-by 212 BC?)
Odrysian rulers originally in inner Thrace (hypothetical reconstruction) Source: • Teres IV, son of Seuthes (III?) (c. 295 BC?) •
Seuthes IV, son of Teres (IV?) • Teres V, son of ? Seuthes IV (c. 255 BC) •
Rhoegus, son of Seuthes (IV?) (mid-Third Century, buried in the
Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak) •
Seuthes V, son of ? Rhoegus •
Amadocus III, son of ? Seuthes V (c. 184 BC) •
Cotys IV, son of Seuthes V (by 171-after 166) •
Teres VI, son of ? Amadocus III (c. 148 BC) •
Beithys (Bithys), son of Cotys IV (c.146 BC?) • The line may have continued as the Odryso-Astaean dynasty listed below
Various Thracian local rulers attested in the Third Century BC Source: • Spartocus, ruler of Cabyle? (c. 295 BC) • Scostocus, ruler in southern Thrace near Aenus and Sestus (c. 280-after 273 BC) • Sadalas, ruler near Messembria (c. 275 BC), descendant of Cotys, Medistas, Taruntinus, and Mopsyestis (order and relationships unknown) • Odoroes (c. 280-273 BC) (?) • Adaeus, Thracian or Macedonian ruler near Cypsela (c. 260-c. 240 BC)
Various non-Odrysian rulers in Thrace Source: • Abrupolis of the
Sapaeans, fought with Antigonid Macedonia (by 197-172 BC) • Autlesbis of the ?
Caeni, fought with
Cotys IV as Roman ally (c. 168 BC) • Diegylis of the
Caeni (by 150-after 144 BC) •
Zibelmius of the
Caeni, son of
Diegylis, murdered (c. 141 BC) • Sothimus of the ?
Maedi, ally of Mithradates VI, invaded Roman Macedonia (c. 89 BC)
Illyrian rulers Source: •
Pleuratus I ruler near Skodra (before c. 250 BC) •
Agron, son of Pleuratus II (c. 250-230 BC) •
Pinnes, son of Agron (230-212 BC); under regency of stepmother
Teuta 230-228 BC and of stepfather
Demetrius of Pharos 228-219 BC •
Scerdilaidas, son of Pleuratus I (212-206 BC) •
Pleuratus II, son of Scerdilaidas (associated 212, 206-180 BC) •
Gentius (Genthius), son of Pleuratus II (180-168 BC) • 168 BC Illyria annexed by the Roman Republic === Odryso-
Astaean Kingdom === A possible continuation of the earlier Odrysian monarchy under a line of kings reigning from Bizye (now
Vize) in eastern Thrace. • 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) •
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 (Astaean), 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 ===
Sapaean Kingdom and unified Thrace === Originally a local power in the Rhodope area of southern Thrace, the Sapaean kings increased in power and influence and, with Roman blessing, found themselves masters of a unified kingdom of Thrace from 11 BC until the Roman annexation in AD 46. •
Cotys I, son of ? Rhoemetalces, 57?–by 48 BC •
Rhescuporis I, son of Cotys I, by 48 BC–41 BC • Rhascus, son of Cotys I, associate ruler? c. 42 BC •
Cotys II, son of Rhescuporis I, 42 BC–31 BC • Thrace becomes a unitary
client state of Rome in 11 BC •
Rhoemetalces I, son of Cotys II, 31 BC–AD 12 (monarch of all Thrace from 11 BC) •
Rhescuporis II, son of Cotys II, in western Thrace, deposed by the Roman emperor Tiberius I, 12–19 •
Cotys III, son of Rhoemetalces I, in eastern Thrace, killed by his uncle Rhescuporis II, 12–19; married
Antonia Tryphaena •
Rhoemetalces II, son of Cotys III and Antonia Tryphaena, 19-38 •
Antonia Tryphaena (Queen), co-ruler of her son
Rhoemetalces II • The last client rulers of Thrace:
Pythodoris II (Queen) and
Rhoemetalces III;
Rhoemetalces III, son of Rhescuporis II, 38-46; married his cousin's daughter
Pythodoris II (daughter of Cotys III and Antonia Tryphaena), murdered by wife • 46 annexation by the
Roman Empire, by the Roman emperor
Claudius I ==Scythian==