Didius Julianus
When Eupator died in 173/174, Sauromates II succeeded his father. Sauromates II reigned as Bosporan King from that date until his death in 210/211. He expressed his royal title in Greek on his coinage: "ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ" or "of King Sauromates". He was a contemporary of the Roman Emperors Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, Pertinax, Didius Julianus, Septimius Severus and Caracalla.