Adobogiona (fl. c. 80 BC - c. 50 BC) was a Celtic princess from Anatolia. She was the daughter of king Deiotarus of Galatia and Berenice, Princess of Pergamon, probably a daughter of king Attalus III of Pergamon.[1]
Adobogiona | |
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| Occupation | Aristocrat |
| Known for | Anatolian Representative |
| Adobogiona | |
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| Born | c. 80 BC |
| Died | c. 50 BC |
| Spouse | Brogitarus of Galatia |
| Issue | Amyntas of Galatia |
| Father | Deiotarus of Galatia |
| Mother | Berenice, Princess of Pergamon |
Adobogiona married Brogitarus, King of Galatia, who reigned concurrently with his father-in-law.[2] They were the parents of Amyntas of Galatia, a tetrarch of the Trocmi tribe and king of Galatia.
Adobogiona was honoured by a surviving inscription discovered on the island of Lesbos and a portrait head of her has been discovered at Pergamon.
References edit
- ^ Gregory, A. P. (January 1997). "Country, village and town in Central Anatolia - STEPHEN MITCHELL, ANATOLIA. LAND, MEN, AND GODS IN ASIA MINOR. I: THE CELTS AND THE IMPACT OF ROMAN RULE. Pp. xx + 266, 41 figs, 11 maps. ISBN 0-19-814080-0. II: THE RISE OF THE CHURCH. Pp. xvi + 200, 24 figs, 7 maps (Clarendon Press, Oxford 1993). ISBN 0-19-814933-6". Journal of Roman Archaeology. 10: 545–556. doi:10.1017/S1047759400015336. ISSN 1047-7594.
- ^ Cicero. De harusp. resp. 13.
Sources edit
- S. Mitchell, Anatolia: Land, Men and Gods in Asia Minor, Vol. I (1956).
- Ton Derks/Nico Roymans, Ethnic Constructs in Antiquity: The Role of Power and Tradition, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2009, p. 137.