Isias

Isias, surnamed Philostorgos or Philostorgus (Greek: η Ισιάς Φιλόστοργος, meaning Isias the loving one) was a Princess of Cappadocia who lived in the 1st century BC. Through her marriage to King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene, she became the Queen of Commagene. Very little is known on her. She was half Persian and half Greek. Isias was the daughter of King Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia and his wife Queen Athenais Philostorgos I, while her brother was King Ariobarzanes II of Cappadocia.

Isias Philostorgos
Queen consort of Commagene
Tenure70 BC – 38 BC
(32 years)
Diedlate 30s/early 20s BC
Burial
Kahta
SpouseKing Antiochus I Theos of Commagene
IssueMithridates II of Commagene
Laodice, Queen of Parthia
Prince Antiochus II
Princess Antiochis
Athenais, Queen of Media Atropatene
Full name
Isias Philostorgos
HouseHouse of Ariobarzanes (by birth)
Orontid Dynasty (by marriage)
FatherKing Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia
MotherAthenais Philostorgos I

Isias and Antiochus I had five children who were:

She appeared to have died of unknown causes sometime between the late 30s or early 20s BC. Isias was buried along with her daughter and her granddaughter on a burial site called the Karakuş Tumulus.

Isias’ name also appears in another honorific inscription dedicated by Mithridates II at the tomb of her other daughter Laodice:

The great King Mithridates, the son of the great king Antiochus and queen Isias, dedicated this image to the unfading memory of queen Laodice, the king’s sister and the wife of Orodes, the king of kings, and to her own honour.

Sometime after the Kingdom of Commagene was annexed in 72 CE by the Roman Emperor Vespasian, the vault of the tomb was looted.

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