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"Although she may not have survived quite into the Augustan period, Aba of Olbe (or Olba), active at least into the late 30s BC, provides a fine example of an obscure (to modern readers) ruling woman of the era. She is known only from a single passage in the Geography of Strabo, who was particularly well informed on the political situation in Asia Minor during the first century BC. The scant surviving information provides an insight into the politics of the region in the years just before Augustus came to power.

Olbe lies in the district known in antiquity as Rough Cilicia, so named for its rugged topography, essentially the south central part of modern Turkey. The site is only fifteen miles inland but lies at more than 3,000 feet elevation and was an ancient shrine of Zeus Olbios, with a town just to its west. The locals believed that the cult had been founded by Aias, the son of the Trojan War hero Teukros, and thus the sanctuary was thought to have had its origins in the dispersal of peoples after the war. The shrine and the region around it had become a prominent temple state by the fourth century BC, with its priest-kings taking royal privileges and ruling an extensive territory, one of several such entities in central Anatolia. (...)

The younger Zenophanes does not seem to have been priest-king himself, but his daughter, Aba, married into the priestly family. The name of her husband, presumably the priest-king, is not known. When he died, she succeeded to the rule, but her position was precarious and she eventually sought help from both Cleopatra VII and Antonius; there is a sense of desperation in her request (Strabo referred to “earnest pleas”). This would have been sometime between when the couple met at Tarsos in 41 BC and when they died, eleven years later. The Ptolemies had long-standing interests in Cilicia, including the region of Olbe, and under his triumviral authority Antonius had regularly restored parts of this territory to Cleopatra’s control: as early as 38 BC she had a military governor of Cilicia and Cyprus in office. Aba’s position was thus confirmed by both the Ptolemies and the Romans.

Red Silky Anteater Cyclopes rufus

This species is endemic to eastern Brazil, where it occurs in the western Amazon basin, between the Rio Madeira and Rio Aripuanã. It is probably affected by deforestation of its habitat.

Lusitanian Pine Vole Microtus lusitanicus

It is endemic to the northwestern part of the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain and Portugal. This vole species appears to have monogamous pair bonds. Lusitanian pine voles prefer agricultural landscapes with significant habitat diversity, especially traditional Mediterranean agriculture characterised by small fields and abundant hedgerows.

Gilded and gold inlaid iron sword uncovered by archaeologists at the Filipovka Kurgans, Orenburg Oblast, Russia.

Explore how food, imperial feasts and religious fasting shaped faith, health, social status and political power in the Byzantine world.

The templon of the Byzantine Vlatades Monastery in the Upper Town of Thessaloniki, Greece. The monastery was built in the 14th century by the brothers Dorótheos and Markos Vlattís, disciples of the Archbishop of Thessaloniki Gregórios Palamás. The benefactor of the monastery was Empress Anna Palaeologina (Anna di Savoia), who moved to Thessaloniki after the death of her husband Emperor Andrónikos III Palaeologos.

Aka, a new figure that has no lore other than being from an island that isn't mentioned anywhere else and is queen of Libya

I say this loudly please provide criticism and helpful sources especially with tattoos

I made her Amazigh while also looking into Berber history as a whole and places like Morocco (tho I probably should've done Algeria because it's closer to where I want to put the island she's from-). Most, if not all, of this is subject to change.

As we speak, I'm already relooking into designing her clothes to either simplify or detail certain parts (ignore my many attempts of tattoos i'm still trying to figure it out)

Uh- anyway- she is the wife of the Ichthyocentaur Aphros, king of Libya. The same one to find Aphrodite when first born in sea foam. Astynome is said to be from the island Laceria (mentioned no where else in sources as far as I can tell) and Aphros wife.

She's also Aphrodite's birth mother in that source, but just like Dione, she just takes her in.