Sapaean kingdom

Succeeding the Classical and Hellenistic era Odrysian kingdom of Thrace, it was dominated by the Sapaean tribe, who ruled from their capital Bizye in what is now northwestern Turkey.

After the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, Octavian (later emperor Augustus) installed a new dynasty that proved to be highly loyal and expansive.

In the late 2nd and early 1st century BC, Thrace was politically fractured and subject to constant fighting between local and foreign powers.

[2] By the middle of the 1st century BC, one of the most important Thracian tribes were the Sapaeans;[3] the latter eventually became Rome's allies and clients.

In turn, Rhoemetalces II helped the Romans to put down a rebellion among the southern Thracian mountain tribes in 26 AD.