Dynamis (queen)

This article is about Dynamis, Queen of the Bosporan Kingdom. For the philosophical concept, see Potentiality and actuality.
Dynamis
Bronze bust traditionally identified with Dynamis in Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Queen of the Bosporus (1st reign)
Reign47 BC
PredecessorPharnaces II of Pontus
SuccessorMithridates II of the Bosporus
Co-rulerAsander (47 BC)
Queen of the Bosporus (2nd reign)
Reign44 BC – 13 BC
PredecessorMithridates II of the Bosporus
SuccessorPolemon I of Pontus
Co-rulerAsander (44 BC – 17 BC)
Scribonius (17 BC – 13 BC)
Polemon I of Pontus (13 BC)
Queen of the Bosporus (3rd reign)
Reign8 BC – 8 AD
PredecessorPolemon I of Pontus
SuccessorAspurgus
Bornc. 67 BC
Died8 AD
SpouseAsander
Scribonius
Polemon I of Pontus
IssueAspurgus
HouseMithridatic
FatherPharnaces II of Pontus

Dynamis, nicknamed Philoromaios (Greek: Δύναμις Φιλορωμαῖος, Dynamis, friend of Rome, c. 67 BC – AD 8), was a Roman client queen of the Bosporan Kingdom during the Late Roman Republic and part of the reign of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor. Dynamis is an ancient Greek name which means the “powerful one”.[1] She was a monarch of Iranian and Greek Macedonian ancestry. She was the daughter of King Pharnaces II of Pontus and his Sarmatian wife.[2] She had an older brother called Darius and a younger brother called Arsaces.[3] Her paternal grandparents had been the monarchs of the Kingdom of Pontus, Mithridates VI of Pontus and his first wife Laodice, who was also his sister. Dynamis married three times. Her husbands were Asander, a certain Scribonius and Polemon I of Pontus. According to Rostovtzeff, she also had a fourth husband, Aspurgos.[4]

  1. ^ Mayor, The Poison King, p. 345.
  2. ^ Mayor, The Poison King, p. 362.
  3. ^ Gabelko, O,. L., The dynastic history of the Hellenistic monarchies of Asia Minor according to the Chronography of George Synkellos, p. 48 [1] Archived 2011-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).