Cotys I (Sapaean)
Introduction '''Cotys I''' (Ancient Greek: Κότυς; died 48 BC) was a Sapaean client king of the Odrysian kingdom of Thrace from  to . He was the son of Rhoemetalces.Cotys was an ally of the Roman general Pompey, to whom he sent a body of auxiliaries under his son Rhescuporis I in 48 BC for use in the Roman civil war against Julius Caesar.On Cotys' death, Rhescuporis I became king under the regency of Rhoemetalces I, Cotys' younger brother.
See also *List of rulers of Thrace and Dacia
Notes
Sources *  Smith, William, ed. ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology''. Boston : Little, Brown, and Company, 1867, v. 3, p. 870