- The
Kingdom of Pergamon,
Pergamene Kingdom, or
Attalid kingdom was a Gr****
state during the ****enistic
period that
ruled much of the
Western part of...
- (Anatolia),
which was
created following the
Roman Republic's
annexation of the
Attalid Kingdom in 133 BC.
After the
establishment of the
Roman Empire by Augustus...
-
became the
capital of the
Kingdom of
Pergamon in 281–133 BC
under the
Attalid dynasty, who
transformed it into one of the
major cultural centres of the...
- Gr****: Φιλέταιρος, Philétairos, c. 343 –263 BC) was the
founder of the
Attalid dynasty of
Pergamon in Anatolia.
Philetaerus was born in
Tieium (Gr****:...
- Great), and Pergamus's line
would include Attalus, the
forefather of the
Attalid rulers (although not a king
himself and
considered of
common stock). This...
-
number of
neighbouring states,
including Attalid Pergamum and Rhodes.
Philip responded by
ravaging Attalid territory and
destroying the
temples outside...
-
which means "Attalus the brother-loving"; 220–138 BC) was a
ruler of the
Attalid kingdom of
Pergamon and the
founder of the city of Attalia. He was the...
-
Pergamum was also a
center of
parchment (charta pergamena) production. The
Attalids ruled Pergamon until Attalus III
bequeathed the
Kingdom of
Pergamon to...
- It was
introduced shortly before 190 B.C. at that city to
provide the
Attalid kingdom with a
substitute for
Seleucid coins and the
tetradrachms of Philetairos...
-
original sculptor is
believed to have been Epigonus, a
court sculptor of the
Attalid dynasty of Pergamon.
Until the 20th century, the
marble statue was usually...
