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The Attalid kingdom was the rump state left after the collapse of the Lysimachian Empire.
The Attalids, the descendants of Attalus, the father of Philetaerus who came to power in 282 BC, were among the most loyal supporters of Rome among the Hellenistic successor states.
For support against the Seleucids, the Attalids were rewarded with all the former Seleucid domains in Asia Minor.
www.epns2007.org /in.the.region.php   (619 words)

  
  Attalid dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Attalid dynasty was a Greek dynasty that ruled the city of Pergamon after the death of Lysimachus, a general of Alexander the Great.
The later Attalids were descended from his father, and they expanded the city into a kingdom.
The Attalids ruled Pergamon until Attalus III bequeathed the kingdom to the Roman Republic in 133 BC.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_of_Pergamum   (142 words)

  
 Pergamon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Pergamon or Pergamum is an ancient city on the coast of Asia Minor that became an important kingdom during the Hellenistic period, under the Attalid dynasty, 241 – 129 BCE.
The Attalid dynasty, the descendents of Attalus I, who came to power in 241 BCE, were among the most loyal supporters of Rome among the Hellenistic successor states.
For support against the Seleucids, the Attalids were rewarded with all the former Seleucid domains in Asia Minor.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /Pergamon   (301 words)

  
 Fondazione Memmo
The territory surrounding the city was granted to the Greek settlers by the Persian emperors Darius I and his son Xerxes I. In the turbulent era following the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC), Pergamum became the capital of a flourishing Hellenistic kingdom and one of the principal centers of Hellenistic civilization.
The original Attalid territory around Pergamum (Mysia) was greatly expanded by 188 BC with the addition of Lydia, part of Phrygia, Lycaonia, and Pisidia (from 183 BC), all former Seleucid territories.
The early Attalids erected the first structures of the upper (royal) city, but the later kings Eumenes II and Attalus III, by their extensive building and rebuilding, were mainly responsible for the Pergamon's great architectural and artistic reputation.
www.1stmuse.com /memmo/Pergamon.html   (656 words)

  
 Pergamum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Initially they ruled Pergamum as vassals of the Seleucid Kingdom, but Eumenes I declared himself independent of Antiochus I (263 BC); when he died in 241 he was succeeded by his nephew Attalus I, who defeated the Galatians and assumed the royal title; the dynasty received its name from him.
The original Attalid territory around Pergamum (Mysia) was greatly expanded by 188 BC with the addition of Lydia (excluding most Greek coastal cities), part of Phrygia, Lycaonia, and Pisidia (from 183 BC), all former Seleucid territories.
The Attalids made the city of Pergamum one of the most important and beautiful of all Greek cities in the Hellenistic Age; it is one of the most outstanding examples of city planning in that period.
www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /pergamum.htm   (651 words)

  
 Re: Attalids - Jackals of Rome
The reference may however derive from the name of the port Kanai (Latin Canae = dog) most often used by the Romans when in Aiolia, which lay on the north side of the promontory Kane (Latin Cane).
Re: Attalids - Jackals of Rome, Roger Pearse
Re: Attalids - Jackals of Rome, Julian Barker
www.usenet.com /newsgroups/soc.history.ancient/msg02736.html   (222 words)

  
 Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2003.12.04
Dorothy Thompson investigates the Ptolemies and Egypt; Michel Austin, the Seleucids and Asia; Joseph Scholten, Macedon and the Mainland; and Elizabeth Kosmetatou, the Attalids of Pergamon.
Kosmetatou, finally, investigates the Attalids, which she portrays as a remarkable family of low origins experiencing a rags to riches success.
Kosmetatou then moves on to consider the public and political image of the Attalids and their astute and extremely subtle manipulation of imagery and political controversy.
ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2003/2003-12-04.html   (3783 words)

  
 Comparative Arts: A CyberEd Course: Part 1: Greek Art: P.5
The Attalids and other Hellenistic monarchs promoted and protected these technites with an eye toward improving and maintaining the quality of their theatrical and musical performances.
Less than 100 miles from Pergamon as the crow flies, Tralles was a subject-city of the Attalids, who there maintained a residence which usually was occupied by the high priest of the city as their representative.
This Phrygian town was saved from the threat of defeat and enslavement at the hands of the Gauls by the victory of Eumenes II in 168 B.C. Like many other cities of the region, Tralles was so grateful for its deliverance that it instituted annual gymnastic and musical festivals in honor of the Pergamene kings.
www.uml.edu /dept/history/arthistory/compart/1greek5.html   (996 words)

  
 Asia, Mysia
Aside from their own city, the Attalids ruled over a vast portion of Western Asia Minor, modeling its governing on that of their city.
Pergamum was completely Hellenistic in culture upon its appropriation, a culture which Rome prized and imitated, and Pergamum became the capital of the East for the Imperial Cult.
Under Attalid rule, Zeus and Asclepius were worshipped, and in 29 BC Augustus allowed the Pergamenes to build a temple in his honor which became the center for his worship in Asia Minor.
www.usd.edu /~clehmann/pir/asiamysi.htm   (1081 words)

  
 Travis Skowronski
Looking at the Attalids and their rule of Pergamon during this time period one can find certain strengths and weaknesses in architecture and sculpture to aid our understanding of this situation.
The defeat of the giants by the Olympian gods was seen “…as a symbol, of the establishment of the fundamental values and institutions of Greek culture” (Pollitt 101).
The Attalids were protectors of Greek culture and a sculpture of this sort demonstrated that (Pollitt 101).
classes.maxwell.syr.edu /his301-001/travis_skowronski.htm   (503 words)

  
 The splendor of Pergamos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
It is interesting that in the mid-third century the Attalids supported the Academy-Attalus II set up a statue in Athens to Carneades-and that from then on Pergamenes not only attended the Academy as students, but provided more than one of its directors.
Yet the scholars at the Attalids' court could not match the Alexandrians' brilliance and flair.
Not surprisingly, the Attalids were primarily interested in the visual arts: hence the art critics who thronged the circle round the ruling family.' Pergamon itself it might be argued, was a work of art, Malraux's museum-without-walls on the grand scale; it has been compared, inevitably, to Versailles.
195.170.12.1 /DAEI/PRODUCTS/INFORMTC/PERGAMOS/Pghistry.htm   (1204 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Attalids of Pergamon (Study in Classical Philology): Books: Esther V. Hansen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Amazon.com: Attalids of Pergamon (Study in Classical Philology): Books: Esther V. Hansen
I own the rights to this title and would like to make it available again through Amazon.
Attalids of Pergamon (Study in Classical Philology) (Hardcover)
www.amazon.com /Attalids-Pergamon-Study-Classical-Philology/dp/0801406153   (621 words)

  
 Eumenes I
Coin struck during the reign of Eumenes I, dipicting the head of Philetaerus (Eumenes' uncle) on the obverse and seated Athena, Greek goddess of war and wisdom, on the reverse.
Eumenes I of Pergamon (died 241 BC), son of Eumenes the brother of the founder of the Attalid dynasty, Philetaerus.
3 Esther V. Hansen, The Attalids of Pergamon pp.
www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Bios/EumenesI.html   (422 words)

  
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In direct competition with the Ptolemies and the Seleucids, the Attalids succeeded at establishing Pergamum as a leading cultural center, its library second only to that of Alexandria, its sculpture, woven tapestries, and ceramics prized throughout the Mediterranean.
The Attalids likewise competed for control of the eastern luxury trade, relying on the overland route of the now ancient Persian Royal Road across Anatolia.
When a dynastic dispute threatened to undermine the stability of Pergamum at the end of the second century BC, King Attalus III (138-133) left his royal domain to the people of the Roman Republic in his will.
web.ics.purdue.edu /~rauhn/H102_20.doc   (3005 words)

  
 SBU Dept. of History & Political Science: HIS 1113 Lecture Twelve   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
There are a very few veteran colonies established in Egypt proper and none until after the Ptolemies lost control of South Syria to the Seleucids at the end of the second century.
Macedonia was ruled by the Antigonids from 295 to 179 BC.
Moreover, the last member of the Attalid dynasty, known as Attalus III, died without an heir in 133 BC.
www.sbuniv.edu /~hgallatin/hi13le12.html   (4559 words)

  
 Attalid dynasty - Art History Online Reference and Guide
Attalid dynasty - Art History Online Reference and Guide
Attalid dynasty - Your Art History Reference Guide!
Esther V. Hansen, The Attalids of Pergamon, (1971), pp.
www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Attalid   (156 words)

  
 THE HELLENISTIC AGE, 323-31 BC: GOVERNMENT, SOCIETY, ECONOMY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Gaining independence from the Selucidds, the kings of the Attalids, supported by the Romans, expanded their territory and asserted themselves as a great military and economic power in the Aegean.
To commemorate this event, the Attalids set another frieze — smaller and less tempestuous than the outer one — within the sanctuary high on the top of the altar.
This smaller frieze tells the story of the virgin priestess Auge, raped by Heracles and condemned by her father, manages to give birth to Telephus and hide him in a thicket before she is put out to sea in a boat.
www.portergaud.edu /cmcarver/hela.html   (8681 words)

  
 Turkey Full Itinerary
We will recall the great deeds of heroes as we walk along the broad ways of Priam and Hektor.
Day 6 - On our way down the Ionic coast towards Izmir (ancient Smyrna) we will visit Pergamon, city of the Attalids, and site of the famous Altar of Zeus.
Day 7 - Continuing along the coast, after a visit to the temple of Zeus at Euromos, we reach enchanting Bodrum (Halicarnassos), the home of Herodotos, father of history.
www.globetours.com /turkeylong.html   (523 words)

  
 Berenice fiancee of attalus III
The only evidence for supposing that she was a Ptolemaic princess is her name.
The suggestion was first made by E. Hansen, The Attalids of Pergamon 144, but the most detailed proposal is that of D. Ogden, Polygamy, Prostitutes and Death 208.
V. Hansen, The Attalids of Pergamon 144 n.
www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk /Egypt/ptolemies/berenice_d.htm   (1544 words)

  
 Perseus Site: Pergamon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The power of the Attalids and the city grew as a result of successful battles against the Gauls of central Anatolia and careful political alliances with Rome.
The Attalids supported the arts and learning in Pergamon and elsewhere and made major donations, such as the Stoa of Attalos II in Athens.
The last Attalid ruler, Attalos III, bequeathed the kingdom of Pergamon to Rome in 133 B.C. During Roman rule the prosperity of Pergamon continued and the city had a period of commercial expansion.
www.perseus.tufts.edu /cgi-bin/siteindex?lookup=Pergamon   (3968 words)

  
 Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2002.03.03
His conclusion, however, is certainly true: in order to appreciate how the cities functioned, it is important to try to understand the (military as well as civilian) offices.
Next is an important contribution concerning the reputation of the Attalid kings in the "free" Greek cities (pp.
Savalli-Lestrade starts from the puzzling observation that, despite the fact that the Pergamene kings were largely regarded as being friendly towards the Greek cities, the latter did not support the pretender Aristonicus.
ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2002/2002-03-03.html   (2671 words)

  
 No. 687: A Gift of Books
Pergamon became capital of the Attalid dynasty after 280 BC.
The Attalids took their name from King Attalus.
Eumenes set out to build the greatest library in the world.
www.uh.edu /engines/epi687.htm   (415 words)

  
 Sonoma County Medical Association: Sonoma Medicine Winter 2002:In Galen's Footsteps, By Armand P. Gelpi, MD
The eastern limits of the town are bounded by a precipitous ridge crowned with an acropolis that rivals the Parthenon in its elevation and majesty.
He was born in Pergamum in 130 AD, long after the Attalids had become assimilated by Greek and Roman colonists.
The Roman Empire had reached its apogee, and Hippocratic tradition had been in place for centuries.
www.scma.org /magazine/scp/wn02/gelpi.html   (893 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Pergamum (Ancient History, Middle East) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
B.C., after the breakup of the Macedonian empire, when a Greek family (the Attalids) established a brilliant center of Hellenistic civilization.
The kingdom achieved major importance under Attalus I (d.
See R. McShane, Foreign Policy of the Attalids of Pergamum (1964).
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Pergamum.html   (371 words)

  
 Pergamum on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
It became important c.300 BC, after the breakup of the Macedonian empire, when a Greek family (the Attalids) established a brilliant center of Hellenistic civilization.
Bibliography: See R. McShane, Foreign Policy of the Attalids of Pergamum (1964).
The lost letters of Pergamum: a story from the New Testament world.(Briefly Noted)
www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/Pergamum.asp   (540 words)

  
 C:\PROGRAM FILES\SOFTQUAD\HOTMETAL PRO 4\gifs\postmort.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Monument dedicated at Pergamon in honor of the Attalid victory over the Gauls:
note the absence of the Attalids from their victory monument (compare this with Alexander’s Granicus monument which is all about Alexander and his personal heroism)
Monument dedicated at Athens (S side of the Akropolis) in honor of the Attalid victory over the Gauls:
www.classics.uga.edu /courses/clas4040/workshop/postmortem_2/norman_pm_2.html   (357 words)

  
 Stoa of the Attalids
AncientWorlds > Hellas > Groups > DELIAN * DREAMS > Archaeological Tour > Agora of the Italians > Stoa of the Attalids
It is my understanding that the Attalids were a prominent family of Pergamum.
It was built around the mid-3rd century BC to house commercial workshops.
www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/455220   (136 words)

  
 Pergamum --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
), when it served as the residence of the Attalid dynasty.
The original Attalid territory around Pergamum (Mysia) was greatly expanded by 188
The early Attalids erected the first structures of the upper (royal) city, but the later kings Eumenes II and Attalus III, by their extensive building and rebuilding, were chiefly responsible for the city's great architectural and artistic reputation.
concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9059236   (1180 words)

  
 Pessinus, Eskisehir
Right up until the banning of such cults in the reign of Theodosius I (379-395), Roman generals would often patronize this well-known shrine.
In 183 B.C. Pessinus became a possession of Pergamum and under the Attalids was endowed with splendid temples and colonnades.
After 700 the town fell more and more into ruin.
www.planetware.com /turkey/eskisehir/eskisehir/pessinus-tr-es-esp.htm   (197 words)

  
 Sardis --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
From about 560 to about 546 Sardis was ruled by Croesus, who was renowned for his great wealth and was the last king of Lydia.
), Sardis fell in turn to the Athenians, the Seleucids, and the Attalids until bequeathed to the Romans in 133
Under the Roman Empire, it was the metropolitan capital and centre of judicial administration of the Roman province of Lydia.
www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9065763   (829 words)

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