Tiberius Julius Cotys II Philocaesar Philoromaios Eusebes, also known as Cotys II or Kotys II (Greek: ??ß????? ??????? ??t?? ?' F????a?sa? F?????µa??? E?seb??, Philocaesar Philoromaios Eusebes, means lover of Caesar, lover of Rome who is the Pius one, flourished 2nd century, died 132) was a prince and Roman Client King of the Bosporan Kingdom.
Cotys II was the son and heir of the Bosporan King Sauromates I by an unnamed wife and was of Greek, Iranian and Roman ancestry. Cotys II was named in honor of Cotys I, a previous Bosporan King and his paternal great grandfather.
Cotys II succeeded Sauromates I in 123. Cotys II reigned as Bosporan King until his death in 132 and little is known on his reign. His royal title on coinage is in Greek: ??S???OS ?????S or of King Cotys. During his reign, the city of Chersonesus Taurica was under his direct control. Cotys II is mentioned in the writings of the Roman Historian Arrian and was a contemporary to the rule of the Roman Emperor Hadrian.
Cotys II married an unnamed woman from this marriage had a son called Rhoemetalces who succeeded in Cotys II in 132. Cotys II had a descendant who bore his name and ruled the Bosporan Kingdom in the 3rd century.
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