Tiberius Julius Rhescuporis VI
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Tiberius Julius Rhescuporis VI, sometimes known as Rhescuporis VI was a prince and the last Roman
Client King of the Bosporan Kingdom
.
Rhescuporis VI was the first born son to the Bosporan King Theothorses
and his mother was an unnamed woman. He was of Greek
, Iranian
and Roman ancestry
. His younger brother was prince Rhadamsades
. Rhescuporis VI was named in honor of Rhescuporis V
, the paternal grandfather of his father and a previous Bosporan King. He was the last Bosporan King to rule with the name Tiberius Julius Rhescuporis.
In 303, Rhescuporis VI became co-ruler with his father, Theothorses. When Theothorses died around 308/309, the brother of Rhescuporis VI, Rhadamsades succeeded their father and became co-ruler with him. Rhescuporis VI ruled from 303 until his death in 342. His royal title on coins is in Greek: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΡΗΣΚΟΥΠΟΡΙΔΟΣ or of King Rhescuporis.
During his and his brother’s co-rule, various metals were used including brass to create and mint coins in the Bosporan. Rhescuporis VI was a contemporary to the ruling of the Tetrarchy
and Constantinian dynasty
in the Roman Empire. When Rhadamsades died in 323, Rhescuporis VI became the sole and last ruler of the Bosporan. Little is known on the life and reign of Rhescuporis VI.
The King of the Goths
, Ermanaric
had conquered the Bosporan Kingdom. Ermanaric killed Rhescuporis VI; subjected the kingdom and the citizens to his rule. When Rhescuporis VI died, he was buried in a royal tomb in the original capital city of the Bosporan Kingdom
Panticapaeum
. Placed in the tomb with Rhescuporis VI were his various possessions, which included a golden mask and ornament plates. The golden mask and ornament plates that were placed in the tomb of Rhescuporis VI are now on display at the Hermitage Museum
, Saint Petersburg
, Russia
.
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
Client King of the Bosporan Kingdom
Bosporan Kingdom
The Bosporan Kingdom or the Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus was an ancient state, located in eastern Crimea and the Taman Peninsula on the shores of the Cimmerian Bosporus...
.
Rhescuporis VI was the first born son to the Bosporan King Theothorses
Tiberius Julius Theothorses
Tiberius Julius Theothorses, also known as Thothorses or Fophors was a prince and Roman Client King of the Bosporan Kingdom.Theothorses was the second-born son to the Bosporan King Teiranes and his mother was an unnamed woman. He was of Greek, Iranian and Roman ancestry...
and his mother was an unnamed woman. He was of Greek
Greeks
The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....
, Iranian
Iranian peoples
The Iranian peoples are an Indo-European ethnic-linguistic group, consisting of the speakers of Iranian languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, as such forming a branch of Indo-European-speaking peoples...
and Roman ancestry
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
. His younger brother was prince Rhadamsades
Tiberius Julius Rhadamsades
Tiberius Julius Rhadamsades, sometimes known as Rhadamsades was a prince and Roman Client King of the Bosporan Kingdom.Rhadamsades was the second born son to the Bosporan King Theothorses and an unnamed woman. He was of Greek, Iranian and Roman ancestry. His eldest brother was prince Rhescuporis...
. Rhescuporis VI was named in honor of Rhescuporis V
Tiberius Julius Rhescuporis V
Tiberius Julius Rhescuporis V Philocaesar Philoromaios Eusebes, also known as Rhescuporis V was a prince and Roman Client King of the Bosporan Kingdom....
, the paternal grandfather of his father and a previous Bosporan King. He was the last Bosporan King to rule with the name Tiberius Julius Rhescuporis.
In 303, Rhescuporis VI became co-ruler with his father, Theothorses. When Theothorses died around 308/309, the brother of Rhescuporis VI, Rhadamsades succeeded their father and became co-ruler with him. Rhescuporis VI ruled from 303 until his death in 342. His royal title on coins is in Greek: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΡΗΣΚΟΥΠΟΡΙΔΟΣ or of King Rhescuporis.
During his and his brother’s co-rule, various metals were used including brass to create and mint coins in the Bosporan. Rhescuporis VI was a contemporary to the ruling of the Tetrarchy
Tetrarchy
The term Tetrarchy describes any system of government where power is divided among four individuals, but usually refers to the tetrarchy instituted by Roman Emperor Diocletian in 293, marking the end of the Crisis of the Third Century and the recovery of the Roman Empire...
and Constantinian dynasty
Constantinian dynasty
The Constantinian dynasty is an informal name for the ruling family of the Roman Empire from Constantius Chlorus to the death of Julian in 363. It is named after its most famous member, Constantine the Great who became the sole ruler of the empire in 324...
in the Roman Empire. When Rhadamsades died in 323, Rhescuporis VI became the sole and last ruler of the Bosporan. Little is known on the life and reign of Rhescuporis VI.
The King of the Goths
Goths
The Goths were an East Germanic tribe of Scandinavian origin whose two branches, the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, played an important role in the fall of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Medieval Europe....
, Ermanaric
Ermanaric
Ermanaric was a Greuthungian Gothic King who before the Hunnic invasion evidently ruled an enormous area north of the Black Sea. Contemporary historian Ammianus Marcellinus recounts him as a "most warlike man" who "ruled over extensively wide and fertile regions"...
had conquered the Bosporan Kingdom. Ermanaric killed Rhescuporis VI; subjected the kingdom and the citizens to his rule. When Rhescuporis VI died, he was buried in a royal tomb in the original capital city of the Bosporan Kingdom
Bosporan Kingdom
The Bosporan Kingdom or the Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus was an ancient state, located in eastern Crimea and the Taman Peninsula on the shores of the Cimmerian Bosporus...
Panticapaeum
Panticapaeum
Panticapaeum , present-day Kerch: an important city and port in Taurica , situated on a hill Panticapaeum (Greek: Παντικάπαιον, Pantikápaion), present-day Kerch: an important city and port in Taurica (Tauric Chersonese), situated on a hill Panticapaeum (Greek: Παντικάπαιον, Pantikápaion),...
. Placed in the tomb with Rhescuporis VI were his various possessions, which included a golden mask and ornament plates. The golden mask and ornament plates that were placed in the tomb of Rhescuporis VI are now on display at the Hermitage Museum
Hermitage Museum
The State Hermitage is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. One of the largest and oldest museums of the world, it was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great and has been opened to the public since 1852. Its collections, of which only a small part is on permanent display,...
, Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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External Link
Sources
- Greek and Roman gold and silver plate By Donald Emrys Strong
- http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2983.html
- http://www.museum.com.ua/en/istor/sev-vost/bospor/bospor.htm
- http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/05/hm5_4_2_2_1.html
- http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptolemies/cleopatra_vii.htm#Cleopatra.43