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'''Rholes''' or '''Roles''' ([[Ancient Greek]] Ῥώλης) was a [[Getae]] chieftain in [[Scythia Minor (Dobruja)|Scythia Minor]] (modern [[Dobruja]]) mentioned by [[Cassius Dio]] in his ''Roman History''.<ref name="kamm">{{cite book | last = Kamm | first = Antony | title = The Romans | publisher = [[Routledge]] | year = 1995 | isbn = 0-415-12039-X | pages = [https://archive.org/details/romansintroducti0000kamm/page/49 49] | url = https://archive.org/details/romansintroducti0000kamm/page/49 }}</ref> According to Dio, he helped [[Roman Republic|Roman]] general [[Marcus Licinius Crassus (consul 30 BC)|Marcus Licinius Crassus]] defeat the [[Bastarnae]], and when he visited [[Octavian]], he was treated as "a friend and ally" for his support for the Romans. Later he sent for Crassus to help in his conflict with Getae chieftain [[Dapyx]].<ref>{{cite book | author = Cassius Dio | author-link = Cassius Dio | editor = Scott-Kilvert, Ian | editor2 = Carter, John | title = The Roman History: The Reign of Augustus | publisher = [[Penguin Classics]] | year = 1987 | isbn = 0-14-044448-3 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/romanhistoryreig00cass/page/85 85–86] | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/romanhistoryreig00cass/page/85 }}</ref>{{sfn|Brodersen|2020|pp=84-85}} These events have been dated to 31-27 BC.<ref name="kamm"/>{{sfn|Cassius Dio|loc=LI, 26, 1-4}}
== See also ==
* [[List of rulers in Thrace and Dacia]]
* [[List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia]]
* [[Capidava]]
== Notes ==
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== References ==
* {{cite book |last=Brodersen |first=Kai | author-link=Kai Brodersen | title=Dacia felix: Das antike Rumänien im Brennpunkt der Kulturen | publisher=wbg | year=2020 | location=Darmstadt | isbn=978-3-8053-5059-4}}
* {{cite book
|last           = Cassius Dio
|author-link     = Cassius Dio
|title          = Historia Romana
|trans-title=Roman History
|url            = https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/home.html
}} (in Ancient Greek)
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[[Category:History of Dobruja]]
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