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Ariobarzanes III Eusebes Philorhomaeus
Ariobarzanes
also: Ariobarzanes, Ariobarzanem, King Ariobarzanes Eusebes and Philorhomaeus
King of Cappadocia (52–42 BC), styled Eusebes and Philorhomaeus. The Senate had specially commended his safety to Cicero, who while marching to Cilicia in 51 BC uncovered and warned him of a palace plot (Fam. 15.2). Son of Ariobarzanes II, whose murder Cicero recalls.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 2.17 §7 Ariobarzanes
Ariobarzanes III Eusebes Philoromaios, king of Cappadocia, whom the Roman Senate had formally recognised through Cicero's mediation; Bibulus's pointed refusal to call him "king" in his dispatches, using instead the periphrasis "son of King Ariobarzanes," was a calculated slight against Cicero.
- Ad Familiares 15.2 §4 King Ariobarzanes Eusebes and Philorhomaeus
Ariobarzanes III of Cappadocia; the cult-titles 'Eusebes' (the Pious) and 'Philorhomaeus' (Friend of the Romans) were standard self-styling of the Hellenistic client kings.
- Ad Familiares 15.4 §6 whose safety I held under commendation from the Senate at your motion
Ariobarzanes III, Roman client king of Cappadocia; the Senate had specially commended his protection to Cicero on a motion of Cato's, which is why Cicero stresses Cato's personal stake in the king's preservation.
- Ad Familiares 15.5 §1 the kingdom of Ariobarzanes preserved together with the king himself
Ariobarzanes III, king of Cappadocia, whom Cicero shielded from a court plot and from his creditors during the Cilician command; protecting him was part of the brief Cato cites in supporting Cicero's honour.