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 ...

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 (region), Pontus t ...

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Adobogiona 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