Queen Aba
The father of Queen Aba is Ksenophanes who was one of
the most strong persons of Olba Priest Kingdom. He conqueers the Olba Kingdom
with many people in disguise of guards. He becomes the ruler of the region and
the priest kingdom. After the Romans’ annihilation of the rioting local people,
whom they named pirates; in Olba (Uzuncaburc), the priests from the clan of
Teukrit were very dominant in a large region. The knowledge source regarding
Aba and Olba is the Strabon of Amasya: In the mountainous country upwards
Kyinda and Soli; there was Olba city, in which the Zeus Temple was founded by
the Aias, the son of Teukros. The
pontiff of this Temple became the king of Mountainous Cilicia. Later on, the
country was captured by numerous tyrants and the pirates were made organised.
After innahilation of these, this country was named “Teukros Country” and the
many of the priests were called
“Teukros” or “Aias”. But Ksenophanes who was one of the tyrants came
to the family, with his daughter Aba’s marriage. After the reign of Ceasar; a
Roman general who was commissioned after Pompeius who was commissioned to solve
the problem of the pirates in the Cilicia; the Roman
Consul Antonius was aiming at sharing the wealth of the region with Ceasar’s
favourite the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra. He was of the idea that he could
transfer the wealth of primarily Tarsus, then the products of Mountainous
Cilicia – to the Roman navy. “The Cilicia” consul and the famous Roman
commander Markus Antonius and The Egyptian Queen Cleopatra donated these places
to Queen Aba, ex gratia – due to their kind behaviours and being respectful.
They formed an autonomous administration under the auspices of the Rome. Olba
Queen Aba, made an agreement for her country, with Egyptian Queen Cleopatra
who was another important woman of the
era. Thus, the two women under the rule of Rome reached an agreement for Rome.
Once, I was the most important woman of the Toros
mountains.
Even Cleopatra and Antonyus visited to honour me.
The historians wrote my mourning.
Since 2100 years, I have been watching you.
I am Kibele, the Queen but primarily a
mother with pains.