- Rhescuporis I
Rhescuporis I was king of the
Odrysian kingdom ofThrace from ca. 48 BC to ca. 13 BC, in succession to his fatherCotys VII .In 48 BC, before he became king, he led a body of auxiliaries his father sent to the aid of
Pompey for use in the Roman civil war againstJulius Caesar . After Cotys VII's death he became king, at first under the guardianship of his uncleRhoemetalces I , his father's younger brother.Rhescuporis died in 13 BC when he was defeated and slain in battle by Vologaeses, chief of the Thracian Bessi, who was a leader in the revolt against the Romans in that year. He left no heir, and so was succeeded by Rhoemetalces, who fled Thrace during the revolt and was restored to power by
Augustus after it was suppressed.ources
* [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2980.html Smith, William, ed. "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology". Boston : Little, Brown, and Company, 1867, v. 3, p. 646]
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