Aba (Olba)

Aba was around the middle of the 1st century BC. The regent of the city of Olba in Kilikien (in today's Turkey ). She was the daughter of Zenophanes , who had exercised tyranny in the Tracheiotis region. The Egyptian ruler Cleopatra VII and the Roman triumvir Marcus Antonius supported Aba's rule. Aba was later ousted, but her descendants continued to rule over Olba for some time.

literature

Johannes Toepffer: Aba 4 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 4.
Walther Ruge : Olbe. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XVII, 2, Stuttgart 1937, Col. 2399-2403.
Duane W. Roller: Cleopatra's daughter and other royal women of the Augustan era. Oxford University Press, Oxford / New York 2018, ISBN 978-0-19-061882-7 , pp. 121–123.

Remarks

↑ Strabo 14,5,10, p. 672; on this Walther Ruge : Olbe. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XVII, 2, Stuttgart 1937, col. 2399-2403, here col. 2400.

personal data
SURNAME	Aba
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Regent of the city of Olba
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	1st century BC Chr.

[1] Strabo 14,5,10, p. 672; on this Walther Ruge : Olbe. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XVII, 2, Stuttgart 1937, col. 2399-2403, here col. 2400.