Asti (Thracian tribe)
# Asti (Thracian tribe)

Asti (Greek: Αστοί) is the name of a Thracian tribe which is mentioned by Livy. It is believed that they lived around the old Thracian capital of Bizye.

## List of rulers

A possible continuation of the earlier Odrysian monarchy under a line of kings reigning from Bizye (now Vize) in eastern Thrace.

* Cotys V, son of ? Beithys (?-by 87 BC)
* Sadalas I, son of Cotys V (by 87–after 79 BC)
   * Amadocus, Odrysian royal sent to the aid of Sulla at Chaeronea in 86 BC
* Cotys VI, son of Sadalas I (by 57–48 BC)
* Sadalas II, son of Cotys VI (48–42 BC)
* Sadalas III, kinsman of Sadalas II (42-31 BC)
* Cotys VII, son of Sadalas II by Polemocratia (31–18 BC)
* Rhescuporis II, son of Cotys VII by daughter of the Sapaean king Cotys II, killed by the Bessi (18–11 BC)
   * 11 BC Astaean Thrace conferred on Rhescuporis II's maternal uncle, the Sapaean king Rhoemetalces I, by the Roman emperor Augustus, thereby uniting Thrace

## Family tree of Astaean kings in Thrace

Cotys IV in inner Thrace ODRYSIAN KINGS :

| Dyegilos king of Caeni | Dyegilos king of Caeni | Dyegilos king of Caeni | Dyegilos king of Caeni | | | Bithys in inner Thrace BRANCH OF ASTAEAN KINGS | Bithys in inner Thrace BRANCH OF ASTAEAN KINGS | Bithys in inner Thrace BRANCH OF ASTAEAN KINGS | Bithys in inner Thrace BRANCH OF ASTAEAN KINGS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | | Bithys in inner Thrace BRANCH OF ASTAEAN KINGS | | | Cotys V | Cotys V | Cotys V | Cotys V | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Sadalas I | Sadalas I | Sadalas I | Sadalas I | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Cotys VI | Cotys VI | Cotys VI | Cotys VI | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Sadalas II | Sadalas II | Sadalas II | Sadalas II | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sadalas III | Sadalas III | Sadalas III | Sadalas III | Sadalas III | Sadalas III | | Cotys VII | Cotys VII | Cotys VII | Cotys VII | Cotys VII | Cotys VII | (woman) | (woman) | (woman) | (woman) | (woman) | (woman) | Rhoemetalces I king of Sapaeans | Rhoemetalces I king of Sapaeans | Rhoemetalces I king of Sapaeans | Rhoemetalces I king of Sapaeans | Rhoemetalces I king of Sapaeans | Rhoemetalces I king of Sapaeans |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Rhescuporis II (Astaean) | Rhescuporis II (Astaean) | Rhescuporis II (Astaean) | Rhescuporis II (Astaean) | Rhescuporis II (Astaean) | Rhescuporis II (Astaean) | SAPAEAN KINGS | SAPAEAN KINGS | SAPAEAN KINGS | SAPAEAN KINGS | SAPAEAN KINGS | SAPAEAN KINGS |
