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Rhoemetalces III

Rhoemetalces III

1st century client ruler of the Odrysian kingdom of Thrace under the Romans


Rhoemetalces III (Greek: Ῥoιμητάλκης) was a King of the Sapaean Thracians. He was the son of the Monarch Rhescuporis II. In association with his wife Pythodoris II (daughter of his cousin Cotys III), they were client rulers of the Sapaean kingdom of Thrace under the Romans from AD 38 to 46, in succession to Pythodoris' mother Tryphaena and Pythodoris' brother Rhoemetalces II.

O: diademed draped bust of Rhoemetalces III

BAΣIΛEYΣ POIMHTAΛKAΣ

R: laureate head of Caligula

ΓAIΩ KAIΣA PI ΣEBAΣΤΩ

Bronze coin struck in Thrace 38-41 AD. Coin became rusty probably due to depositing in acid soil.

ref.: Caligula RPC 1723; BMC 2; Moushmov 5805

Rhoemetalces III was murdered in 46, by insurgents or on the orders of his wife. The subsequent fate of Pythodoris II is unknown; it seems he did not have any children with his cousin. Thrace became incorporated into the Roman Empire as a province.

Remetalk Point on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after him.


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    Rhoemetalces III
    Born: unknown Died: 46
    Preceded by Co-ruler of Thrace
    with Pythodoris II

    38 46
    Succeeded by
    annexed into Roman Empire

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