Adiatorix (Ancient Greek: Ἀδιατόριξ) was the son of Domneclius (or Domnilaus), tetrarch of the Trocmi in Galatia.[1] Cicero reports that he was a high priest in 50 BC,[2] and scholars have reckoned him an adherent of Deiotarus.[1] He belonged to Mark Antony's party, and was put in charge of Heraclea Pontica by him. Shortly before the Battle of Actium in 31, Adiatorix had all the Roman colonists in Heracleia put to death.[3] He claimed he had been given permission to do so by Mark Antony, but modern writers consider this doubtful.[1] After this battle he was led as prisoner in the triumph of Augustus, and put to death with his younger son. His elder son, Dyteutus, was subsequently made priest of Bellona in Comana, and therefore ruler of that territory.[4][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Syme, Ronald; Anthony Richard Birley (1995). Anatolica: Studies in Strabo. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 130–132, 169–170. ISBN 0-19-814943-3.
  2. ^ a b Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares ii. 12
  3. ^ Smith, William (1867). "Adiatorix". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston, MA. p. 19. Archived from the original on 2009-07-01. Retrieved 2007-10-13.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Strabo, xii. pp. 543, 558, 559

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Adiatorix". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.


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