Rhescuporis II. of Thrace is executed in Alexandria, either for attempting to escape or under pretence of it.

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Perpetrator (Group) :	Roman Army of Tiberius Origin: Mixed Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Person) :	Rhescuporis II., King of Thrace Origin: Sapaei Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: death
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Cornelius Tacitus, Annals 2.67Cornelius Tacitus Annals 2.67 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Alexandreia (Alexandria)
Time Periode :	Roman Empire
Century :	A.D. 1
Year :	A.D. 18 , A.D. 19
Context :	institutional murder regicide
Motivation :	political other
Long-Term Consequence :	execution
Original Text :	Rhescuporis Alexandriam devectus atque illic fugam temptans an ficto crimine interficitur.
Translation :	Rhescuporis was removed to Alexandria, and there attempting or falsely charged with attempting escape, was put to death.
Edition :	Annales ab excessu divi Augusti. Cornelius Tacitus. Charles Dennis Fisher. Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1906. Complete Works of Tacitus. Tacitus. Alfred John Church. William Jackson Brodribb. Sara Bryant. edited for Perseus. New York. : Random House, Inc. Random House, Inc. reprinted 1942.
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