Asander (king)

Asander
Gold stater of Asander as King of the Bosporan Kingdom, dated 41/40 BC
King of the Bosporus
1st co-reign with Dynamis
Reign47 BC
PredecessorPharnaces II of Pontus
SuccessorMithridates II
King of the Bosporus
2nd co-reign with Dynamis
Reign44–17 BC
PredecessorMithridates II
SuccessorScribonius
Born110 BC[citation needed]
Died17 BC (aged 93)
SpouseDynamis
IssueTiberius Philoromaios
HouseTiberian-Julian dynasty
ReligionGreek Polytheism

Asander, named Philocaesar Philoromaios (Greek: Άσανδρoς Φιλοκαισαρ Φιλορώμαίος,[a] 110[citation needed] – 17 BC) was a Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom. He was of Greek and possibly of Persian ancestry. Not much is known of his family and early life. He started his career as a general under Pharnaces II, the king of the Bosporus. According to some scholars, Asander took as his first wife a woman called Glykareia, known from one surviving Greek inscription, "Glykareia, wife of Asander".
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