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	Attalus II Philadelphus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Attalus II Philadelphus (220 BCE - 138 BCE) was a king of Pergamon.
		He was the second son of Attalus I Soter, and ascended the throne following the death of his elder brother, Eumenes II in 159 BCE.
		Attalus expanded his kingdom with the help of his good friend Ariarathes V of Cappadocia, and founded the cities of Philadelphia and Attaleia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Attalus_II (292 words)

	Attalus III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Attalus III was the last Attalid king of Pergamon, ruling from 138 BC to 133 BC.
		Attalus III had little interest in ruling Pergamon, devoting his time to studying medicine, botany, gardening, and other pursuits.
		Aristonicus, who claimed to be Attalus' brother as well as the son of Eumenes II, an earlier king, led a revolt among the lower classes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Attalus_III (155 words)

	Pergamum Kingdom
		Attalus was succeeded by his son Eumenes II who would do not less than his father for his kingdom.
		Attalus II, was the second son of Attalus I and he was called Philaelphus ("brother-loving").
		Attalus III, was the son of Eumenes II and called Philometor ("mother-loving) because of his unusual close relationship to his mother Stratonice.
	www.ancientanatolia.com /historical/pergamum_kingdom.htm (1603 words)

	PERGAMUM - LoveToKnow Article on PERGAMUM
		Attalus prudently connected himself with them and shared in their continuous success.
		The wealth of the state and the kings desire,to celebrate his victories by monuments of art led to the rise of the Pergamenian school in sculpture.
		Pergamum was the chief centre of the imperial cult under the early empire, and, in W. Ramsays opinion., was for that reason referred to in Rev. ii.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PE/PERGAMUM.htm (1147 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 411 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Surnamed philadelphus, was the second son of Attalus I., and was born in b.
		Eumenes being in ill-favour at Rome at this time, Attalus was encouraged with hopes of getting the kingdom for himself; but was induced, by the remonstrances of a physician named Stratius, to abandon his designs.
		Surnamed philometor, was the son of Eumenes II.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0420.html (872 words)

	Berenice fiancee of attalus III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Hence the proposal almost certainly requires that she be a daughter of Ptolemy VI, presumably by Cleopatra II, since she was of suffiicient status to be engaged to the heir to a major Hellenistic kingdom.
		Cleopatra II, engaged to Attalus III in the runup to the Syrian wars of the early 140s, we are looking for a place amongst their children that would allow her to be old enough to be engaged to Attalus III in the late 150s but not old enough to have married him immediately.
		Attalus is also depicted in it as taking revenge for the murder of his (possibly ex officio) mother Stratonice, and Justin tells us he was building a mausoleum for her at the time of his death.
	www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk /Egypt/ptolemies/berenice_d.htm (1544 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Attalus II
		Attalus II (220-138 bc), King of Pergamum in succession to his brother Eumenes II (c.
		With the conquest of the East by Alexander the Great, the insularity of Greek art was challenged by artists who selected as viable themes for their...
		One so named was a city of Lydia in Asia Minor, founded in the 2nd century bc by Attalus II Philadelphus, king of Pergamum.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Attalus_II.html (112 words)

	139-129. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		Attalus III Philometor (“loving his mother”) of Pergamum, a son of Eumenes II, succeeded his uncle, Attalus II.
		Demetrius II was sent back to Syria by Phraates II in 129 and was slain in 125 by a pretender.
		Antiochus XIII, son of Antiochus X, was installed at Antioch (68) and soon had to fight with Philip II, son of Philip I. The Arabian prince of Emesa slew Antiochus XIII by treachery in 67; Philip was unable to secure his rule.
	www.bartleby.com /67/215.html (449 words)

	Index of names: At (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		197/5_ Attalus appoints Ctesiphon of Athens to be a judge in Aeolis.
		220/46 The birth of Attalus, the son of Attalus of Pergamum.
		138/17 The death of Attalus II of Pergamum, and accession of Attalus III.
	www.attalus.org /names/At.html (2743 words)

	Nicomedes II of Bithynia
		Nicomedes II, Epiphanes, was the king of Bithynia, from 149 to 91 BC.
		He was fourth in descent from Nicomedes I and was the son of Prusias II[?].
		Supported by Attalus II[?], king of Pergamum, he was completely successful, and ordered his father to be put to death at Nicomedia.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ni/Nicomedes_II_of_Bithynia.html (228 words)

	Asia, Mysia
		Attalus I allied his kingdom to both Rome and Rhodes and was duly rewarded for this astute maneuver with more land.
		Eumenes II and his brothers were faithful in their support of Rome in the third Macedonian War as they joined forces with Thrace to attack Macedonia from the east.
		A threat to the Roman appropriation had to be quelled when Aristonicus, claiming Eumenes II as his father, lead an uprising of the poor of the city after being rejected by the Greek allies to wrest control from Rome.
	www.usd.edu /~clehmann/pir/asiamysi.htm (1081 words)

	Pergamum and Troy, Turkey - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Eumenes II, son of Attalus I, continued the Roman policy of his father and brought most of Asia Minor under his sway.
		To his reign belong the altar of Zeus and the development of the library, founded by his father, where a group of scholars established a school of grammatical study in opposition to the scholars of the Alexandrian library.
		The prosperity and power of Pergamum continued under Attalus II Philadelphus, who reigned from about 160 to 138 BC, and Attalus III Philometor, who reigned from 138 to 133 BC; the last-named ruler, having no heirs, bequeathed his kingdom to the Romans.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /pergamum_turkey.htm (887 words)

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		At the next battle Pausanias II stood in front of Philip and took every hit that was aimed at Philip, and it ended his life in the manner he had foretold to Attalus.
		Attalus was the uncle of Cleopatra and greatly pleased at her wedding of Philip.
		Attalus got up to make a salute to the newly weds calling upon the gods to bless the union so that they might bring forth legitimate heirs to the throne.
	www.skidmore.edu /academics/classics/courses/2003spring/hi361f/laird.doc (6105 words)

	Eumenes II -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		He was the son of Eumenes II (reigned 197–159) and nephew of Attalus II Philadelphus (reigned 159–138).
		Attalus is said to have behaved tyrannically at first, but he evidently settled down to a quiet...
		Mohammad II (Mehmed the Conqueror) (1432–81), Ottoman sultan, born in Adrianople (now Edirne); during rule (1444–46 and 1451–81), captured Constantinople and thus completed the Ottoman destruction of the Byzantine Empire; fourth son of Murad II; restored and repopulated Constantinople after capture in 1453; reorganized Ottoman administration, codified laws, encouraged scholarship...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9033223?tocId=9033223 (825 words)

	Attalus III -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Attalus III was the last (additional info and facts about Attalid) Attalid king of (An ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey; the technique of preparing sheepskins as parchment was developed here) Pergamum, ruling from 138 BC to 133 BC.
		Attalus III had little interest in ruling Pergamum, devoting his time to studying (The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques) medicine, (The branch of biology that studies plants) botany, (The cultivation of plants) gardening, and other pursuits.
		The revolt was put down in 129 BC, and Pergamum was divided among Rome, (An ancient region of northern Asia Minor on the Black Sea; it reached its height under Mithridates VI but was later incorporated into the Roman Empire) Pontus, and (An ancient country is eastern Asia Minor) Cappadocia.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/At/Attalus_III2.htm (244 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Western Roman Emperors from 407-425
		Attalus was prominent in the Senate in the early fifth century and remained a pagan.
		Attalus represented the interests of many of the senatorial aristocrats, interests which differed from those of the emperor Honorius in Ravenna.
		In 425, Theodosius II sent an expedition under the command of Ardabur the Elder to install Valentinian as emperor in the west.
	www.roman-emperors.org /westemp5.htm (2391 words)

	The Ancient Agora
		The eastern side of the Agora is bounded by the restored Stoa of Attalus II (2nd century BCE).
		The Stoa of Attalus II, now used as a museum, was completely rebuilt in 1953-56 on its original 2nd century foundations using ancient materials.
		The Stoa of Attalus II had two stories, supported on columns which were all Ionic except for those on the outer side of the ground floor which were Doric.
	www.grisel.net /ancient_agora.htm (607 words)

	Priscus Attalus -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Attalus was born a pagan and was baptized by an Arian bishop.
		He was a senator at the time of Alaric's second siege of Rome, and he was named emperor of the West by the Goths after the city surrendered in 409.
		Attalus then urged the legitimate emperor, Honorius, to vacate his throne.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9011166 (311 words)

	Pergamum on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The independence of Pergamum ended dramatically when Attalus III (d.133) bequeathed the kingdom to the Roman people.
		The first Pergamene school (c.250-200) celebrated the decisive victory (c.230) of Attalus I over the Galatians; the Dying Gaul is an example of the realism of the art.
		The later period (200-150) produced a frieze for a great altar of Zeus, glorifying especially the defeat (190) of Antiochus III of Syria at Magnesia.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/Pergamum.asp (540 words)

	The splendor of Pergamos
		Attalus made his capital the artistic and literary centre of Asia Minor.
		He built the altar of Zeus and developed the famous library, founded by his father, where a school of grammatical study was established that rivalled the school in the Library of Alexandria.
		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.
	www.daedalus.gr /DAEI/PRODUCTS/INFORMTC/PERGAMOS/Pghistry.htm (1204 words)

	Appian's Roman History: The Mithridatic Wars
		When the Roman Senate learned of this, they sent word to Prusias that he must not attack Attalus, who was their friend and ally.
		Despising the handful of men with Attalus and hoping to ensnare him, Prusias sent the ambassadors in advance to say that he was following with 1,000 men, but actually put his whole army in motion and advanced as if to battle.
		As the fine imposed on Prusias was not remitted (for Andronicus, who had been sent by Attalus to argue on the other side, showed that it was less in amount than the plunder), Menas, seeing that Nicomedes was an estimable and attractive young man, was at a loss to know what to do.
	www.livius.org /ap-ark/appian/appian_mithridatic_01.html (1005 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1196 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		§ 21.) [E.., surnamed epiphanes, king of Bithynia, was son of Prusias II., and fourth in descent from the preceding.
		155, supporting the ambassadors of Prusias, who were sent to defend that monarch against the complaints of Attalus II., king of Bithynia.
		But Menas, on finding the favour which Nicomedes enjoyed at Rome, instead of executing his instructions, divulged them to the prince himself, arid in conjunction with Andronicus, the ambassador of Attalus, urged him to dethrone.his father, who had rendered himself by his vices the object of universal contempt and hatred.
	ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2304.html (894 words)

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		Attalos I (241-197 BC) and Eumenes II (197-159 BC) extended the kingdom to the rich provinces of Mysia, Lydia, Pamphilya, Phrygia.
		The sections from north to south were the palaces of Attalus I, Eumenes II and Attalus II.
		A double aisled stoa (portico) and a library adjacent to it were added on the east side of the temple precinct under the reign of Eumenes II.
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	Greece After the Second Punic War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		When King Attalus asked Rome for aid against a threatened attack by Seleucid king Antiochus III, who was an ally of Rome, the senate declared its policy that their allies should keep peace among themselves.
		Attalus was welcomed in Rome as a friend; but his brother King Eumenes II, who had wavered during the war, was excluded by a new law prohibiting any king from visiting Rome.
		Prusias was hated for his cruelty, and Roman envoys' feeble attempts to restrain Attalus from supporting the rebellion of Prusias' son Nicomedes did not stop the murder of Prusias in the temple of Zeus; Nicomedes was confirmed as king by the Roman senate.
	www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /punic2-after-greece.htm (4834 words)

	PHILADELPHIA - LoveToKnow Article on PHILADELPHIA
		The great expense of installing the new filter plant, developing the park system, and making other improvements has, however, caused it to grow again; at the beginning of 1910 the total funded debt was $95,483,820 and the net funded debt was $84,901,620.
		History.The patent granted to William Penn for the territory embraced within the present commonwealth of Pennsylvania was signed by Charles II.
		Crispin, a kinsman of the proprietor, died on the voyage out, but William Heage had been named a fourth commissioner some time after the appointment of the others and the three survivors arrived in the province toward the close of the year.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PH/PHILADELPHIA.htm (6468 words)

	math lessons - Attalus
		In 337 BC Attalus niece Cleopatra married to king Philip II of Macedonia.
		In spring of 336 BC, Philip II appointed Attalus and Parmenion as commanders of the advance force that would invade Persian Empire in Asia Minor.
		After Philip II had been assassinated and Alexander had become king (October 336 BC), Attalus was murdered.
	www.mathdaily.com /lessons/Attalus (95 words)

	Encyclopedia: Attalus III
		The Attalid dynasty was a Greek dynasty that ruled the city of Pergamon after the death of Lysimachus, a general of Alexander the Great.
		Pergamon or Pergamum (modern day Bergama in Turkey) was a Greek city, in northwestern Anatolia, 16 miles from the Aegean Sea, located on a promontory on the north side of the river Caicus (modern day Bakir), that became an important kingdom during the Hellenistic period, under the Attalid dynasty, 282...
		The Roman Senate (Latin, Senatus) was a deliberative body which was important in the government of both the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Attalus-III (598 words)

	Chronology of Greek History After the Peloponnesian War
		Athenians and Boeotians were defeated by Sparta under Agesilaus II at the battle of Coronea.
		Philip II was prevented from marching south at Thermopylae by Phocian troops and allies.
		Hieron II of Syracuse became an ally of Rome.
	www.1stmuse.com /frames/greek-chronology.html (2315 words)

	Macedonia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It was built by Attalus II Philadelphus, whose name it bore.
		Its name was given to it in honor of Attalus II, because of his loyalty to his elder brother, Eumenes II, king of Lydia.
		It was founded by Attalus II (Philadelphus), who reigned as king of Pergamos from 159 B.C. until 138 B.C. Philadelphia was a center of the wine industry.
	www.pilgrimtours.com /greece/info/philadelphia.htm (1172 words)

	Appian's Roman History: The Mithridatic Wars
		The forces of Attalus at once made an incursion into Bithynia, the inhabitants of which gradually took sides with the invaders.
		Prusias, trusting nobody and hoping that the Romans would rescue him from the toils of the conspiracy, asked and obtained from his son-in-law, Diegylis the Thracian, 500 men, and with these alone as a bodyguard he took refuge in the citadel of Nicaea.
		The Roman praetor, in order to favor Attalus, delayed introducing the ambassadors of Prusias to the Senate at Rome.
	www.livius.org /ap-ark/appian/appian_mithridatic_02.html (1082 words)

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