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Sauromates II

r. c. 174–210 CE · 2nd century · Also known as Tiberius Julius Sauromates II

Tiberius Julius Sauromates II was king of the Bosporan Kingdom from about 174 to 210 CE, ruling as a client of Rome. Inscriptions credit him with victories over the Scythians, Siraces and Tauri and with making the sea safe for shipping. His long reign was a time of relative prosperity for the cities of the Bosporus, the high point of the kingdom's Roman period.

Sauromates II
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