Asti (Thracian tribe)

Temporary area of some tribes including Astae and Sapei

Asti (Greek: Αστοί) is the name of a Thracian tribe which is mentioned by Livy. It is believed that they lived around the old Thracian capital of Bizye.

List of rulers

A possible continuation of the earlier Odrysian monarchy under a line of kings reigning from Bizye (now Vize) in eastern Thrace.

Family tree of Astaean kings in Thrace

Cotys IV
in inner Thrace
ODRYSIAN KINGS
Dyegilos
king of Caeni
Bithys
in inner Thrace
BRANCH OF
ASTAEAN KINGS
Cotys V
Sadalas I
Cotys VI
Sadalas II
Sadalas IIICotys VII(woman)Rhoemetalces I
king of Sapaeans
Rhescuporis II (Astaean)SAPAEAN KINGS

See also

References

  1. ↑ Livy XXXVIII.40
  2. ↑ A. H. M. Jones, The Cities of the Eastern Roman Provinces, 2nd Edition
  3. ↑ Mladjov, Thracian Kings, University of Michigan; Werner 1961: 117-119, 239, 242; Sullivan 1990: 25-30, 145-151, stemma 1.
  4. ↑ Kessler, P L. "Kingdoms of Greece - Sapes (Thrace)". www.historyfiles.co.uk.