Cothelas ( grc, Κοθήλας), also known as Gudila (
fl.
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4th century B.C.), was a king of the
Getae
The Getae ( ) or Gets ( ; grc, Γέται, singular ) were a Thracian-related tribe that once inhabited the regions to either side of the Lower Danube, in what is today northern Bulgaria and southern Romania. Both the singular form ''Get'' an ...
who ruled an area near the
Black Sea, between northern
Thrace and the
Danube. His polity also included the important port of
Odessos. Around 341 B.C., he concluded a treaty with
Macedonian
Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia.
Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to:
People Modern
* Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...
king
Philip II, becoming his
vassal. This relation was further cemented when Cothelas' daughter,
Meda of Odessa Meda of Odessos ( grc, Μήδα, Mḗda), died 336 BC, was a Thracian princess, daughter of the king Cothelas a Getae, and wife of king Philip II of Macedon. Philip married her after Olympias.
According to N. G. L. Hammond, when Philip died, M ...
, became one of the Macedonian king's wives.
The tomb of Cothelas is probably near the present day Bulgarian village of Sveshtari, in North-Eastern
Bulgaria.
A person by the name of Gudila is also mentioned in the
Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: A.D. 395–527.
The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire
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Dacian kings
4th-century BC rulers
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