Rhescuporis VI

Rhescuporis VI
Coin of Rhescuporis VI
King of the Bosporus
Reign	314–341
Predecessor	Rhadamsades
Successor	Unknown
Co-regent	Rhadamsades (314–322)
Died	341 (?)
Dynasty	Tiberian-Julian[1]
Father	Theothorses (?)

Rhescuporis VI (Greek: Τιβέριος Ἰούλιος Ῥησκούπορις, romanized: Tiberios Ioulios Rheskoúporis), also transliterated as Rheskuporis^[1] or Rheskouporis^[2] and sometimes known as Rhescuporis the Last,^[3] is the last well-known king of the Bosporan Kingdom (r. 314–341), a Roman client state, and the last known representative of its ancient Tiberian-Julian ruling dynasty. Little is known of the background and reign of Rhescuporis VI; he began his tenure as king through either co-rule or competition with his predecessor Rhadamsades until 322. Rhescuporis VI reign came to an end around 341, when he might have been overthrown by the Sarmatians or Alans, groups which at the time were becoming increasingly influential and powerful in Crimea.