Pythodoris
Pythodoris ( Greek Πυθὀδοριϛ Φιλομἠτωρ = Pythodorida Philometor, "the mother-lover" , * around 30 BC in Tralleis (today Aydın); † 22 in Cappadocia , Turkey ) was Queen of Pontus .
Life
As the daughter of the Asiarch Pythodoros von Tralleis and Antonia, a daughter of the triumvir Marcus Antonius , she married around 12 BC. The king of Pontus, Polemon I, and ruled the empire after his death (7 BC) alone as the vassal queen of the Romans, with her eldest son serving as their chief minister. Her residence was Kabeira (now Niksar , Tokat Province ). In 18 AD, her younger son Zenon was named Artaxias III at the instigation of the emperor Tiberius . King of Greater Armenia. He died in AD 35
Pythodoris married a second marriage at the request of Emperor Augustus around 8 AD, King Archelaos of Cappadocia . This marriage remained childless.
Her daughter Antonia Tryphaina married the Thracian king Kotys VIII.
Around 19 AD, Pythodoris is still documented. After Pythodoris 'death, Pontus was placed under Sequester by the Romans until Caligula Pythodoris' grandson Polemon II. 38 AD reinstated as king († 63 AD).
literature
- Little Pauly . Volume 4, Munich 1979, Sp. 1278
- Klaus-Jürgen Matz : Who ruled when? Munich 1994, p. 36
- Michael Rostovtzeff : Social and economic history of the Hellenistic world. Darmstadt 1998, pp. 647, 1300
- Flavius Josephus : Jewish antiquities. Darmstadt 1983, p. 628
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| SURNAME | Pythodoris |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Πυθὀδοριϛ Φιλομἠτωρ (Greek); Pythodorida Philometor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Queen of Pontus |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 30 BC Chr. |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tralleis (today Aydin) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 22nd |
| Place of death | Cappadocia , Turkey |