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'''Aka II of Commagene''' also known as '''Aka II''' or '''Aka'''<ref>Beck, ''Beck on Mithraism: Collected Works With New Essays'', p.&nbsp;43</ref> ({{lang-el|Άκα}}) was a princess from the [[Kingdom of Commagene]]<ref name=Beck-42f>Beck, ''Beck on Mithraism: Collected Works With New Essays'', pp.&nbsp;42f</ref> who lived in the second half of the 1st century BC and first half of the 1st century.

==Life==
She 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 most probably born, raised and educated in [[Samosata]], the capital of the Kingdom of Commagene.

At an unknown date in the late first century BC, Aka II married an [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] [[Greeks|Greek]] called [[Thrasyllus of Mendes]]<ref name=Beck-42f/> and the circumstances that led Thrasyllus to marry Aka II are unknown. Aka II is known from a preserved incomplete poem, that mentions Aka II as the wife of Thrasyllus and mentions she was of royal origins.<ref>see Conrad Cichorius (1927) p. 103 note and Gundel/S. Gundel (1966) 148f. and n.&nbsp;14</ref>

Thrasyllus was a Grammarian, Literary Commentator who served as the astrologer and became the personal friend of the [[Roman emperor]] [[Tiberius]],<ref>Holden, ''A History of Horoscopic Astrology'', p.&nbsp;26</ref> who reigned from 14 until 37. As Tiberius had held Thrasyllus in the highest honor, Tiberius rewarded Thrasyllus for his friendship by giving him, Roman citizenship<ref>Levick, ''Tiberius: The Politician'', p.&nbsp;7</ref> to him and his family. From given Roman citizenship, Aka II became known as ''Claudia Aka'', as her husband became known as ''Tiberius Claudius Thrasyllus''.<ref>Levick, ''Tiberius: The Politician'', p.&nbsp;137</ref> Aka II died at an unknown date in the first century.

Aka II and Thrasyllus had two known children: 
* an unnamed daughter<ref name=Levick-137>Levick, ''Tiberius: The Politician'', pp.&nbsp;137, 230</ref> who married [[Roman equestrian order|the Eques]] [[Lucius Ennius]].<ref name=Levick-137/> She bore Ennius, a daughter called [[Ennia Thrasylla]]<ref name=Levick-137/> and perhaps a son called Lucius Ennius who was the father of Lucius Ennius Ferox, a Roman soldier who served during the reign of the Roman emperor [[Vespasian]]<ref>Coleman-Norton, ''Ancient Roman Statutes'', pp.&nbsp;151f</ref> from 69 until 79
* a son called [[Tiberius Claudius Balbilus]],<ref>Holden, ''A History of Horoscopic Astrology'', p.29</ref><ref name=Beck-42f/> through whom she had further descendants

==References==
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==Sources==
* P. Robinson Coleman-Norton & F. Card Bourne, ''Ancient Roman Statutes'', The Lawbook Exchange Limited, 1961
* [[Barbara Levick]], ''Tiberius: The Politician'', Routledge, 1999 
* R. Beck, ''Beck on Mithraism: Collected Works With New Essays'', Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2004
* J.H. Holden, ''A History of Horoscopic Astrology'', American Federation of Astrology, 2006
* Royal genealogy of Mithradates III of Commagene at rootsweb 

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