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Ariobarzanes II of Cappadocia
Ariobarzanes II, surnamed "Philopatorfather-loving", (Ariobarzánēs Philopátōr), was the king of Cappadocia from c. 63 BC or 62 BC to c. 51 BC.
He was the son of King Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia and his wife Queen Athenais Philostorgos I, while his sister was Isias Philostorgos, who married King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene.
Ariobarzanes II was half Persian and half Greek.
Ariobarzanes II married the princess Athenais Philostorgos II, one of the daughters of King Mithridates VI of Pontus.
He was an ineffective ruler, requiring the aid of Gabinius in 57 BC to ward off his enemies.
He was successful in maintaining rule over Cappadocia for approximately eight years before being assassinated by Parthian favorites.
By his wife, he had two sons: Ariobarzanes III of Cappadocia and Ariarathes X of Cappadocia.
He was succeeded by his first son.
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Ariarathes X of Cappadocia
Ariarathes X, surnamed" Eusebes Philadelphos Pious, brother- loving"( Ariaráthēs Eusebḗs Philádelphos), was the king of Cappadocia from c. 42 BC to 36 BC.
He was of Persian and Greek ancestry.
His father was King Ariobarzanes II of Cappadocia and his mother was Queen Athenais.
He became king after his brother Ariobarzanes III Philoromaios was killed.
His rule did not last long as Mark Antony of Rome removed and executed him, replacing him with Sisines, who became Archelaus of Cappadocia.
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Ariobarzanes III of Cappadocia
Ariobarzanes III, surnamed" Eusebes Philorhomaios Pious and Friend of the Romans"( Ariobarzánēs Eusebḗs Philorōmaíos), was the king of Kingdom of Cappadocia from ca. 51 BC until 42 BC.
He was of Persian and Greek ancestry.
The Roman Senate agreed that he was to be the successor of his father, Ariobarzanes II of Cappadocia; Cicero, Roman governor of Cilicia, noted that he was surrounded by enemies who included his mother, Athenais.
Originally highly supportive of Pompey despite the cost, he was maintained in his position after Julius Caesar won the civil war in Rome, even gaining territory with the addition of Lesser Armenia.
The liberator Cassius Longinus had him executed in 42 BC because he would not allow more Roman intervention in his kingdom.
His brother was Ariarathes X of Cappadocia.
Athenais Philostorgos II
Athenais Philostorgos II (Greek: "η Άθηναἷς Φιλόστοργος Β"), also known as Athenais Philostorgus II or Athenais of Pontus, was a princess from the Kingdom of Pontus and, through marriage, a Roman Client Queen of Cappadocia.
Her name in Greek translates to "
Athenais the loving one".
The child of King Mithridates VI of Pontus from his second marriage to the Anatolian Greek Macedonian noblewoman and Pontian Queen Monime, she was a princess of Persian and Greek Macedonian ancestry.
Born and raised in the Kingdom of Pontos, her parents gave her a traditional ancient Greek name.
Athenais married the Cappadocian Prince and later King Ariobarzanes II Philopator, who was of Persian and Greek descent.
Ariobarzanes II succeeded his father as King in 63 BC-62 BC, when his father Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios abdicated his throne.
When Ariobarzanes II became king, Athenais became Cappadocian queen, inheriting the honorific title of "Philostorgos", which was the honorific surname of the mother of Ariobarzanes II, Athenais Philostorgos I.
Athenais was related to the previous kings and monarchs of Cappadocia.
Her paternal aunt Laodice of Cappadocia was a queen, her paternal cousins, Ariarathes VI, Ariarathes VII, and Ariarathes VIII, and her paternal half-brother Ariarathes IX all served as previous kings of Cappadocia.
Through her Seleucid and paternal lineage, Athenais was related to the ancestors of Ariarathes VI.
Ariobarzanes II reigned as king of Cappadocia from c. 63 BC-62 BC until his assassination in c. 51 BC.
There are various surviving honorific inscriptions dedicated to Athenais.
During their marriage, Athenais bore Ariobarzanes II two sons:
Ariobarzanes III Eusebes Philoromaios and Ariarathes X Eusebes Philadelphos.
Her sons would serve as among the last kings of Cappadocia.
The name "Ariobarzanes" was not only a name from her husband's family, but also a name from her own family.
Athenais had three paternal political ancestors of that name: Ariobarzanes of Phrygia, who flourished 5th century BC, Ariobarzanes II of Cius, who flourished 4th century BC, and the previous Pontian King Ariobarzanes of Pontus.
After the death of her husband, her first son succeeded his father as King and she became a widow who never married again.
Athenais became known as the ‘Queen-Mother’ of Cappadocia.
During the rule of Ariobarzanes III, Roman Governor of Cilicia Marcus Tullius Cicero warned the King that Athenais could be a potential enemy to him.
Cicero's warning was based on Athenais’ jealousy, about two nobles called Methras and Athenaeus.
They were ministers and favorites of her first son and they were through Athenais’ jealousy were driven out from the Cappadocian Royal Court.
However, Methras and Athenaeus were later recalled by Cicero.
Athenais’ jealousy was a part of her failed plot to depose her first son from his throne and put her second son in his place.
Cicero and Ariobarzanes III caught Athenais out and Ariobarzanes III was very saddened by his mother's actions.
Ariabarzanes III removed his mother from power and her fate afterward is unknown.
Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia
Ariobarzanes I, named" Philoromaios"( Ariobarzán ēs Philorōmaíos," friend of Rome"), was the king of Cappadocia from 95 BC to c. 63 BC – 62 BC.
Ariobarzanes I was a Cappadocian nobleman of obscure origins who was of Persian descent.
Ariobarzanes I was originally put in place by the citizens vote of Cappadocia after the Roman Senate rejected the claims of Ariarathes IX of Cappadocia and was supported by the Roman consul Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
He was in control on- and- off of a kingdom that was considered a Roman protectorate and he was removed three separate times by King Mithridates before not only securing but actually increasing his lands under general Pompey in the Third Mithridatic War.
He eventually abdicated, making way for the rule of his son Ariobarzanes II of Cappadocia in c. 63 BC – 62 BC.
Ariobarzanes' queen was a Greek noblewoman, Athenais Philostorgos I. Athenais bore Ariobarzanes I two children: a son, Ariobarzanes II, who succeeded him, and a daughter, Isias Philostorgos, who married the King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene.

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