Tarcondimotus I

Based on inscriptions relating to his family from Castabala, Tarcondimotus was the son of Straton.

[1] He is probably appointed as Roman client king as part of Pompey’s eastern settlement.

[2] The name of Tarcondimotus' daughter is probably an indication that he received the Roman citizenship from Caesar as well.

[1] During the Liberators' civil war, he sided with Gaius Cassius Longinus, and after that with Mark Antony, whom he followed in the opening stages of the war against Octavian,[2] adopting the royal epithet Philantonios (Antony-lover) as an expression of his devotion to Antony.

[3] Tarcondimotus was killed in a battle at sea in 31 BC, fighting under Gaius Sosius against Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa.