Archaeanax
| Archaeanax | |
|---|---|
| Ruler of the Bosporan Kingdom | |
| Reign | 480-? BC |
| Predecessor | Position Established |
| Successor | ? |
| Born | Mytilene |
| Died | 470 BC? Bosporan Kingdom |
| Greek | Αρχαιάναξ |
| House | Archaeanactids |
| Father | Unknown |
| Mother | Unknown |
| Religion | Greek Polytheism |
Archaeanax (Greek: Αρχαιάναξ) seems to have been a ruler of the Bosporan Kingdom some 40 years prior to the ascent of the Thracian Spartocids.
Biography
[edit]Little to nothing is known about Archaeanax prior to his ascent to the throne. He may have been a native of Mytilene[1] and a strategos of a league of city-states in the Cimmerian Bosporus[2] that likely formed as a defense of the neighboring Scythian tribes. After taking power as ruler, the cities of the Theodosia and Nymphaeum left the league.[3] It is possible that he was related to Semandrus of Mytilene, founder of the city of Hermonassa,[4] though this is uncertain.
References
[edit]- ^ Minns (1913). Scythians and Greeks: A Survey of Ancient History and Archaeology. Cambridge University Press. p. 570.
bringing them into connexion with Archaeanax of Mytilene
- ^ Podossinov, Alexander. Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World.
Archaeanaktus could have been a strategos of the already mentioned league that turned it into a tyranny
- ^ Podossinov, Alexander. Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World.
It is possible that the Crimean cities of Nymphaeum and Theodosia left the league during the establishment of the tyranny
- ^ Podossinov, Alexander. Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World.
where the Greek city of Hermonassa, founded by Semandrus from Mitylene
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