Paerisades V

Paerisades V
Marble Bust of Bosporan Ruler, late 2nd century BC, possibly Paerisades V.
Last Spartocid King of the Bosporan Kingdom
Reign	125–109 BC
Predecessor	Paerisades IV
Successor	Mithridates VI
Born	Unknown Panticapaeum
Died	circa. 109 BC Panticapaeum
Greek	Παιρισάδης
House
Father	Paerisades III
Mother	Kamasarye Philoteknos
Religion	Greek Polytheism

Paerisades V (Greek: Παιρισάδης) was the son of Paerisades III and Kamasarye Philoteknos. He last of the Bosporan Kingdom and ruled from 125 to 109 BC after the death of his brother Paerisades IV Philometor. With his death, ended a dynasty of Bosporan kings that had ruled the Bosporan Kingdom for over 3 centuries, starting in 438 BC with his ancestor Spartokos I.

He succeeded his elder brother Paerisades IV in 125 BC, who was already under pressure from invading Scythians who may have caused his death, though this is not yet supported. In 108 BC, Diophantus had recently begun attacking the Scythians under Palacus and made his to Panticapaeum. There, he was in talks with Paerisades to secede the Bosporan Kingdom to Mithridates VI in exchange for his survival. The Bosporan Kingdom was suffering at the time a economic crisis and increasing pressure from the Scythians, Diophantus was sent in 107 BC to close the deal, when Saumacus, Paerisades's adoptive Scythian son, started a rebellion which ended in Paerisades's death and Diophantus barely being able to get away.

Diophantus returned with a bigger army, and killed Saumacus. He had secured the throne for Mithridates VI, and was called "the first foreign invader to conquer the Scythians"