Rhoemetalces II (

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: Ροιμητάλκης) was a Client Ruler in association with his mother

Antonia Tryphaena Antonia Tryphaena also known as Tryphaena of Thrace or Tryphaena (Ancient Greek, Greek: Ἀντωνία Τρύφαινα or Τρυφαίνη, 10 BC – 55 AD) was a Kingdom of Pontus, Pontian Princess and a Ancient Rome, Roman Client Queen of Sapa ...

of the

Sapaean kingdom The Thracian kingdom, also called the Sapaean kingdom, was an ancient Thracian state in the southeastern Balkans that existed from the middle of the 1st century BC to 46 AD. Succeeding the Classical and Hellenistic era Odrysian kingdom of Th ...

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under the Romans. He ruled from 19 until 38 AD.Mladjov, Thracian Kings, University of Michigan
Werner 1961: 118-120, 239, 242; Sullivan 1990: 25-30, 145-151, stemma 1. Rhoemetalces II and Tryphaena succeeded his paternal great-uncle

Rhescuporis II file:Monete ellenistiche, regno di tracia, Rescuporide II, in bronzo, 12-18 dc.jpg, Coin of Rhescuporis II of Thracia Rhescuporis II (Greek language, Greek: Ρησκούπορις) was king of the Sapaean kingdom of Thrace from 12 to 19 AD. He rul ...

, who had usurped the throne from Rhoemetalces II's father Cotys VIII. The Roman Emperor

Tiberius Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus ( ; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March AD 37) was Roman emperor from AD 14 until 37. He succeeded his stepfather Augustus, the first Roman emperor. Tiberius was born in Rome in 42 BC to Roman politician Tiberius Cl ...

deposed Rhescuporis II and installed Rhoemetalces II and Tryphaena on the throne in his place. They served as loyal client rulers, even in 26 putting down Thracian malcontents for Tiberius. Rhoemetalces II never married and had no children. After his death in 38, his father's cousin

Rhoemetalces III Rhoemetalces III () was a king of the Sapaean Thracians. He was the son of 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 ...

, the son of Rhescuporis II, was appointed king, while his mother retired to live as a private citizen in

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Coinage of Rhoemetalces II
38 deaths Roman client monarchs 1st-century monarchs in Europe Year of birth unknown Odrysian kings {{Ancient-Thrace-stub