Adobogiona Explained

Adobogiona
Birth Place:Anatolia
Occupation:Aristocrat
Known For:Anatolian Representative
Birth Date:c. 80 BC
Death Date:c. 50 BC
Father:Deiotarus of Galatia
Mother:Berenice, Princess of Pergamon
Spouse:Brogitarus of Galatia
Issue:Amyntas of Galatia

Adobogiona (fl. c. 80 BC - c. 50 BC) was a Celtic princess from Anatolia. She was the daughter of king Deiotarus of Galatia and Berenice, Princess of Pergamon, probably a daughter of king Attalus III of Pergamon.[1]

Adobogiona married Brogitarus, King of Galatia, who reigned concurrently with his father-in-law.[2] They were the parents of Amyntas of Galatia, a tetrarch of the Trocmi tribe and king of Galatia.

Adobogiona was honoured by a surviving inscription discovered on the island of Lesbos and a portrait head of her has been discovered at Pergamon.

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Notes and References

  1. Gregory . A. P. . January 1997 . Country, village and town in Central Anatolia - STEPHEN MITCHELL, ANATOLIA. LAND, MEN, AND GODS IN ASIA MINOR. I: THE CELTS AND THE IMPACT OF ROMAN RULE. Pp. xx + 266, 41 figs, 11 maps. ISBN 0-19-814080-0. II: THE RISE OF THE CHURCH. Pp. xvi + 200, 24 figs, 7 maps (Clarendon Press, Oxford 1993). ISBN 0-19-814933-6. . Journal of Roman Archaeology . en . 10 . 545–556 . 10.1017/S1047759400015336 . 1047-7594.
  2. Cicero. De harusp. resp. 13.