Cotys IV
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Cotys IV was a king of the Odrysian kingdom
of Thrace
from in ca. 170-160 BC, succeeding his father, Seuthes IV
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Odrysian kingdom
The Odrysian kingdom was a union of Thracian tribes that endured between the 5th and 3rd centuries BC. It consisted largely of present-day Bulgaria, spreading to parts of Northern Dobruja, parts of Northern Greece and modern-day European Turkey...
of Thrace
Thrace
Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains on the north, Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea on the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the east...
from in ca. 170-160 BC, succeeding his father, Seuthes IV
Seuthes IV
Seuthes IV was a king of the Odrysian kingdom of Thrace from ca. 215 BC to ca. 190 BC, succeeding his father, Rhescuporis I....
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