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Attalus however refused to pay them, being the first such ruler recorded to do so. [11] As a consequence, the Galatians set out to attack Pergamon, sometime around 238–235 BC. [12] Attalus met them near the sources of the river Caicus and decisively won the resulting Battle of the Caecus River. [13]
Attalus was born in Lower Macedonia in 390 BC. [1] In 338 BC, [2] Attalus's adopted niece Cleopatra Eurydice married king Philip II of Macedonia. It is said that at the wedding, Attalus made a prayer that Cleopatra may give birth to a legitimate male heir to Philip. This was seen as a direct insult to Alexander the Great. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Attalus (/ ˈ æ t əl ə s / AT-əl-əs; Greek: Ἄτταλος) was a Stoic philosopher in the reign of Tiberius around 25 AD. He was defrauded of his property by Sejanus, and exiled where he was reduced to cultivating the ground. [1] The elder Seneca describes him as a man of great eloquence, and by far the acutest philosopher of his age. [1]
Attalus II Philadelphus (Greek: Ἄτταλος ὁ Φιλάδελφος, Attalos II Philadelphos, 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.
Theatre of Pergamon, one of the steepest theatres in the world, has a capacity of 10,000 people and was constructed in the 3rd century BC.. The Kingdom of Pergamon, Pergamene Kingdom, or Attalid kingdom was a Greek state during the Hellenistic period that ruled much of the Western part of Asia Minor from its capital city of Pergamon.
Attalus (mythology) (also called Perdix or Talos), mythical nephew of Daedalus credited as the inventor of the potter's wheel, saw, and drawing compass Attalus (sculptor) , statuary of ancient Greece whose time is unknown
Attalus (Greek: Ἄτταλος; fl. 4th century BC), son of Andromenes from Tymphaia, and one of Alexander's officers, was accused with his brothers, Amyntas and Simmias, of having been engaged in the conspiracy of Philotas in 330 BC, but was acquitted, together with his brothers.
Attalus I was the first Pergamene ruler who dared to go against this precedent. [4] The stoppage of payment led to a military mobilization by both the Pergamenes and the Galatians, eventually leading to war between the two parties. Attalus I's reign began in 241 BC, giving the earliest possible date for this battle to have occurred.