1st century AD Thracian prince and Roman Client King of Lesser Armenia
Cotys IX or Kotys IX (Greek: Κότυς, flourished 1st century) was a Thracian prince and the Roman Client King of Lesser Armenia. Cotys was the second son of Roman Client rulers of Thrace Cotys VIII and Antonia Tryphaena. His paternal grandparents were loyal Roman Client Rulers Rhoemetalces I and Pythodoris I of Thrace, while his maternal grandparents Roman Client Rulers Polemon Pythodoros and Pythodorida of Pontus. His maternal grandmother Pythodorida of Pontus was the first grandchild of Roman Triumvir Mark Antony. Thus through his maternal grandmother, Cotys was related to various members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
Cotys was raised and educated in Rome along with his distant relative the future Roman Emperor Caligula. Cotys was raised in the households of Roman Empress Livia Drusilla and Antonia Minor. While Cotys was growing up he was a part of the remarkable court of Antonia Minor. Antonia Minor was a very influential woman and supervised her circle of various princes and princesses. Her circle assisted in the political preservation of the Roman Empire's borders and affairs of the client states.
In 38 Rhoemetalces III became Roman Client King of Thrace and had married Cotys’ sister Pythodoris II. Also in 38 the Roman Emperor Caligula with the agreement of the Roman Senate, appointed Cotys as Roman Client King of Lesser Armenia. Caligula and the Roman Senate gave him a part of the Lesser Armenian Kingdom and some parts of Arabia to rule. These parts of Arabia later became the Roman province of Arabia Petraea.
Cotys ruled in Lesser Armenia from 38 until at least 47. Sometime after 48, Roman Emperor Claudius requested Cotys to abdicate the throne and replaced him with a former Armenian King, Mithridates of Armenia. At first Cotys successfully resisted Claudius’ request, with the support of Roman and local Armenian nobles. However, on Claudius’ command, Cotys was forced to abdicate his throne so that Mithridates could replace him. Cotys' subsequent fate is unknown.
CotysIX or Kotys IX (Greek: Κότυς, flourished 1st century) was a Thracian prince and the Roman Client King of Lesser Armenia. Cotys was the second son...
Cotys may refer to: Cotys I (disambiguation), multiple people Cotys II (disambiguation), multiple people Cotys III (disambiguation), multiple people Cotys...
Roman Empire as a province. Cotys I son of Rhoemetalces c. 57 BC – c. 48 BC Rhescuporis I son of Cotys I 48 BC-41 BC Cotys II son of Rhescuporis I 42 BC...
disagreement between Rhescuporis and Cotys led Cotys to be captured and killed by his paternal uncle. After the murder of Cotys in 18 AD, Tryphaena fled with...
Cotys II is known mainly from coinage, alongside a few inscriptions and contemporary writings. His coins are known from the period 123–131. Cotys II...
Cotys III or Kotys III (Greek: Τιβέριος Ἰούλιος Κότυς Γ' Φιλοκαῖσαρ Φιλορωμαῖος Eὐσεβής, Tiberios Iulios Kotys Philocaesar Philoromaios Eusebes, flourished...
died 1101. Alfonso IV of León, King of León 925–931, abdicated, died 933. CotysIX, King of lesser Armenia, reigned 38 to until at least 47, forced to abdicate...
Tiberius Julius Cotys I Philocaesar Philoromaios Eusebes, also known as Cotys I of the Bosporus (fl. 45–63 AD), was a Roman client king of the Bosporan...
Antiochus IX Eusebes Cyzicenus (Greek: Ἀντίοχος Εὐσεβής Κυζικηνός, "Antiochus the Pious, the Cyzicene") was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom...
brother of Cotys and son of Seuthes, in an Athenian decree from 330 BC is also sometimes connected to Seuthes III, with Reboulas and Cotys identified...
century AD; died 153), was a Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom. When Cotys II died in 131, Rhoemetalces succeeded him as king. The relationship between...
Gepaepyris Mithridates III Cotys I Rhescuporis II Sauromates I Cotys II Rhoemetalces Eupator Sauromates II Rhescuporis III Cotys III Sauromates III Rhescuporis...
III 42–46 Cotys I 46–78 Incorporated as a part of the Roman Province of Moesia Inferior 63–68 Rhescuporis II 78–93 Sauromates I 93–123 Cotys II 123–131...
Great. Ptolemy XII was an illegitimate son of Ptolemy IX by an uncertain mother. In 116 BC, Ptolemy IX became co-regent with his mother, Cleopatra III. However...
Emperor and the populus Romanus‘. Sauromates I had at least one son, Cotys II. Cotys II would succeed his father. Through his son, Sauromates I would have...
during the reign of Tiberius, was sent to Thrace to secure the release of Cotys, the Thracian king, from his uncle, Rhescuporis, in AD 19. He died in Moesia...
BCE: Corylas I. ca. 400–380 BCE: Cotys I, son or brother of Corylas I. ca. 380–364 BCE: Thuys I, son of Corylas I or Cotys I. (Cappadocian dynasty) 364–362...
his brother Ptolemy IX to maintain control over the Egyptian throne. Cleopatra III and Ptolemy X fought a war against Ptolemy IX in the Hasmonean kingdom...
Mithridates VI; he died in 68 AD Tiberius Julius Cotys I, named in honour of his late maternal grandfather, Cotys VIII Aspurgus reigned until his death in 37...
III, King (c.149 BC) Beithys, King (140–120 BC) Cotys V, King (120–? BC) Sadalas I, King (87–79 BC) Cotys VI, King (57–48 BC) Sadalas II, King (48–42 BC)...
control of the local tribes and collect an army to declare war on Cotys I and Aquila. When Cotys I and Aquila heard news of this war, they feared that the invasion...
BC) Amatokos III, King (184 BC) Cotys IV, King (171–167 BC) Teres III, King (c.149 BC) Beithys, King (140–120 BC) Cotys V, King (120–? BC) Dacia (complete...
either a member of the ruling Tiberian-Julian dynasty (perhaps the son of Cotys III) or a foreign usurper, perhaps of Sarmatian descent. According to a...
Dynamis Dynamis with Polemon Polemon Aspurgus Gepaepyris Mithridates III Cotys I Monarchs of Epirus Admetus Tharrhypas Alcetas I Neoptolemus I Arybbas...
administration of her empire." Antonia Tryphaena who married Cotys VIII, King of Thrace. Cotys was murdered "and she lived in widowhood, because she had...
also known from inscriptions to have been the father of his successor, Cotys III, and was perhaps also the father of Sauromates III. Bosporan Kingdom...
died in 68. Tiberius Julius Cotys I - he was named in honor of his late maternal grandfather, Cotys VIII. Through Cotys I, Gepaepyris and Aspurgus had...
Armenia. His youngest sister was Antonia Tryphaena, who was married to Cotys VIII, King of Thrace. Through his maternal grandmother he was a direct descendant...
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