Person

Ariobarzanes II

king of Cappadocia

b. 100 BCE – d. 51 BCE World The Great Crossroads

Ariobarzanes II, named Philopator (Ancient Greek: loving his father), is the king of Cappadocia from ca.

63 BCE or 62 BCE to ca.

51 BCE.

He is the son of King Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia and his wife Queen Athenais Philostorgos I, while his sister is Isias Philostorgos, who marries King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene.

Ariobarzanes II is half Persian and half Greek.