Apama III

Apama III (Ancient Greek: Ἀπάμα), born c. 250 BC, was a Hellenistic queen from the Antigonid dynasty.

For other uses of "Apama", see Apama (disambiguation).

Reign

Apama III was born into the Hellenistic Antigonid dynasty. She was the daughter of Demetrius II Aetolicus and Stratonike II. Apama's half-brother was Philip V of Macedon.[1] She married Prusias I, her son was Prusias II of Bithynia.[2]

Her husband was an ally to her half brother Philip V. After Philip V took the port city of Prusa, her husband rebuilt the city around 202 BC and renamed the city Apamea Myrlea.

Ancestry

References
  1. Allen, Joel (2019). The Roman Republic and the Hellenistic Mediterranean: From Alexander to Caesar. Wiley. p. 151. ISBN 9781118959336.
  2. Kelly, Douglas; Spence, Iain; Londey, Peter; Phang, Sara E. (2016). Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia [3 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 461. ISBN 9781610690201.
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