Adobogiona (
fl. c. 70 BC – c. 30 BC) was an illegitimate daughter of king
Mithridates VI of Pontus
Mithridates or Mithradates VI Eupator ( grc-gre, Μιθραδάτης; 135–63 BC) was ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia from 120 to 63 BC, and one of the Roman Republic's most formidable and determined opponents. He was an e ...
. Her mother was the
Galatia
Galatia (; grc, Γαλατία, ''Galatía'', "Gaul") was an ancient area in the highlands of central Anatolia, roughly corresponding to the provinces of Ankara and Eskişehir, in modern Turkey. Galatia was named after the Gauls from Thrace (c ...
n princess
Adobogiona the Elder. After the death of her father, Adobogiona married the noble Castor Saecondarius, tetrach of all Galatians from 41/40 to 37/36 BC. Their son
Deiotarus Philadelphus
Deiotarus of Galatia (in Galatian and Greek Deiotaros, surnamed Philoromaios ("Friend of the Romans"); 42 BC, 41 BC or 40 BC) was a Chief Tetrarch of the Tolistobogii in western Galatia, Asia Minor, and a King of Galatia ("Gallo-Graecia"). He wa ...
became the last king of
Paphlagonia
Paphlagonia (; el, Παφλαγονία, Paphlagonía, modern translit. ''Paflagonía''; tr, Paflagonya) was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north-central Anatolia, situated between Bithynia to the west and Pontus to the east, and s ...
at some point before 31 BC and ruled until his death around AD 6.
References
*Ton Derks/Nico Roymans, ''Ethnic Constructs in Antiquity: The Role of Power and Tradition'', Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2009, p. 137.
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Galatian people
1st-century BC Iranian people
Iranian people of Greek descent
1st-century BC women
70s BC births
Ancient princesses
Ancient Persian women
People of the Kingdom of Pontus
Mithridatic dynasty