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Rabocentus was a Thracian chief [1] of the Bessi mentioned by Cicero.

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  1. The Oxford Classical Dictionary; by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth, 2003, p. 1515: "... *Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, and *Cicero calls Rabocentus, chief of the Bessi, a faithful ally, although hitherto they had been troublesome (Cic. ..."