Person

Philopator (20 BC-AD 17) (ca. 50 v.-17 n. Chr.)

Philopator (Tarcondimotus III Philopator II), son of Tarcondimotus II and grandson of Tarcondimotus I Philantonius, ruled as a Roman client king in Cilicia Pedias from 20 BC to AD 17.

He issued coins bearing his name and Royal title, but lacking his portrait: see RPC I no. 3872).

Lit.: PIR² T 16; N. L. Wright, Anazarbos and the Tarkondimotid kings of Kilikia, Anatolian Studies 58, 2008, pp. 115-125 (extensively on his coins); N. L. Wright, The house of Tarkondimotos: a late Hellenistic dynasty between Rome and the East, Anatolian Studies 62, 2012, pp. 69-88, esp. pp. 78-80 (on prosopographic questions); J.-S. Balzat et al. (eds.), Lexicon of Greek Personal Names V B. Coastal Asia Minor: Caria to Cilicia (2013) s. v. Philopator no. 2 and s. v. Tarkondimotos no. 1 (lived c. 50 BC to AD 17); G. Dragon - D. Feissel, Inscriptions de Cilicie (1987) pp. 67 (Tarkondimotos II Philopator).

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