5 0 0 ▁BC   – ▁ 1 6 ▁BC ) ▁ ▁S cy th ian ▁k ings ▁ ▁S cy th ia ▁was ▁a ▁loose ▁state ▁that ▁origin ated ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁the ▁ 8 th ▁century ▁BC . ▁Little ▁is ▁known ▁of ▁them ▁and ▁their ▁r ul ers . ▁Most ▁detailed ▁description ▁came ▁down ▁to ▁modern ▁histor ians ▁from ▁Her odot us . ▁ ▁S cy las ▁a . k . a . ▁Sky les ▁or ▁Sk yl la ▁( c . ▁ 5 0 0 ▁BC   – ▁c . ▁ 4 5 0 ▁BC )   – ▁Her odot us ▁describes ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁S cy th ian ▁whose ▁mother ▁was ▁Greek , ▁he ▁was ▁exp elled ▁by ▁his ▁people ▁Oct am as adas ▁a . k . a . ▁O kt am as ades ▁( c . ▁ 4 5 0 ▁BC ) ▁A te as ▁the ▁Th ata e an ▁( c . ▁ 4 2 9 ▁BC   – ▁ 3 3 9 ▁BC )   – ▁defeated ▁by ▁the ▁Mac ed oni ans ; ▁his ▁emp ire ▁fell ▁apart ▁Sk il urus ▁a . k . a . ▁Sk yl urus ▁( c . ▁ 1 1 0 ▁BC )   – ▁de posed ▁c . ▁ 1 0 0 ▁BC ▁by ▁the ▁S arm ati ans ▁Pal ac us ▁a . k . a . ▁Pal ak us ▁( c . ▁ 1 0 0 ▁BC )   – ▁the ▁last ▁S cy th