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'''Aka II of Commagene'''<ref>Royal genealogy of Aka II of Commagene at rootsweb</ref> also known as '''Aka II''' or '''Aka'''<ref>Beck, ''Beck on Mithraism: Collected Works With New Essays'', p.43</ref> ({{lang-el|Άκα}}) was a Princess from the [[Kingdom of Commagene]]<ref>Beck, ''Beck on Mithraism: Collected Works With New Essays'', p.42-3</ref> who lived in the second half of the 1st century BC & first half of the 1st century, who was of [[Armenians|Armenian]], [[Greeks|Greek]] and [[Medes|Median]] descent.

Aka II is one of the daughters born to the King of Commagene, [[Mithridates III of Commagene|Mithridates III]] who reigned from 20 BC until 12 BC from his cousin-wife Queen [[Iotapa (daughter of Artavasdes I)|Iotapa]], thus was a sister of [[Antiochus III of Commagene]].<ref>Royal genealogy of Mithradates III of Commagene at rootsweb</ref> She was mostly probably born, raised and educated in [[Samosata]], the capital of the Kingdom of Commagene. Aka II is the namesake of [[Aka I of Commagene]], a former Commagenian Princess who was the daughter of [[Antiochis of Commagene]] who was the first cousin of her parents.

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