Adobogiona (fl. c. 80 BC - c. 50 BC) was a
Celtic princess from
Anatolia
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. She was the daughter of king
Deiotarus
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 w ...
of
Galatia
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and Berenice, Princess of Pergamon, probably a daughter of king
Attalus III
Attalus III ( el, Ἄτταλος Γ΄) Philometor Euergetes ( – 133 BC) was the last Attalid king of Pergamon, ruling from 138 BC to 133 BC.
Biography
Attalus III was the son of king Eumenes II and his queen Stratonice of Pergamon, and h ...
of
Pergamon
Pergamon or Pergamum ( or ; grc-gre, Πέργαμον), also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos (), was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Mysia. It is located from the modern coastline of the Aegean Sea on a promontory on th ...
.
Adobogiona married
Brogitarus, King of Galatia, who reigned concurrently with his father-in-law.
[Cicero. ''De harusp. resp.'' 13.] They were the parents of
Amyntas of Galatia, a
tetrarch of the
Trocmi and king of Galatia.
Adobogiona was honoured by a surviving inscription discovered on the island of
Lesbos
Lesbos or Lesvos ( el, Λέσβος, Lésvos ) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of with approximately of coastline, making it the third largest island in Greece. It is separated from Asia Minor by the n ...
and a portrait head of her has been discovered at
Pergamon
Pergamon or Pergamum ( or ; grc-gre, Πέργαμον), also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos (), was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Mysia. It is located from the modern coastline of the Aegean Sea on a promontory on th ...
.
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.
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80s BC births
50s BC deaths
Galatian people
Celtic women
1st-century BC women
Ancient princesses