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Adobogiona the Younger

Adobogiona the Younger

1st-century BC Pontic noblewoman

Adobogiona (fl. c. 70 BC – c. 30 BC) was an illegitimate daughter of King Mithridates VI of Pontus. Her mother was the Galatian princess Adobogiona the Elder.[1] After the death of her father, Adobogiona married the noble Castor Saecondarius, tetrach of all Galatians from 41/40 to 37/36 BC.[2] Their son Deiotarus Philadelphus became the last king of Paphlagonia at some point before 31 BC and ruled until his death around AD 6.[3]

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For other people with the same name, see Adobogiona (disambiguation).

References

  1. [1]
    Mayor, Adrienne (2010). The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12683-8.
  2. [2]
    Derks, Ton; Roymans, Nico (2009). Ethnic Constructs in Antiquity: The Role of Power and Tradition. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 978-90-8964-078-9.
  3. [3]
    Sullivan, Richard D. (1990-12-15). Near Eastern Royalty and Rome, 100-30 Bc. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4875-9121-2.
  • 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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