Archaeanax

Archaeanax (Greek: Αρχαιάναξ) seems to have been a ruler of the Bosporan Kingdom some 40 years prior to the ascent of the Thracian Spartocids.

Archaeanax
Ruler of the Bosporan Kingdom
Reign	480-? BC
Predecessor	Position Established
Successor	?
Born	Mytilene
Died	470 BC? Bosporan Kingdom
Greek	Αρχαιάναξ
House	Archaeanactids
Father	Unknown
Mother	Unknown
Religion	Greek Polytheism

Biography

Little to nothing is known about Archaeanax prior to his ascent to the throne. He may have been a native of Mytilene^[1] and a strategos of a league of city-states in the Cimmerian Bosporus^[2] that likely formed as a defense of the neighboring Scythian tribes. After taking power as ruler, the cities of the Theodosia and Nymphaeum left the league.^[3] It is possible that he was related to Semandrus of Mytilene, founder of the city of Hermonassa,^[4] though this is uncertain.