Adobogiona (fl. c. 80 BC - c. 50 BC) was a

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princess from

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. She was the daughter of king

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and Berenice, Princess of Pergamon, probably a daughter of king

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. Adobogiona married

Brogitarus Brogitarus ( , ) was king of Galatia in Asia Minor between 63 BC and 50 BC, reigning concurrently with his father-in-law Deiotarus Philoromaeus, M. Tullius Cicero. ''De Haruspicum Responsis'13 who was also tetrarch of the Tolistobogii. By Deiotarus ...

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, a

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of the

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and king of Galatia. Adobogiona was honoured by a surviving inscription discovered on the island of

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and a portrait head of her has been discovered at

References

Sources

*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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Adobogiona 80s BC births 50s BC deaths Galatian people Celtic women 1st-century BC women Ancient princesses