Attalid
Americannoun
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Attalids,
plural
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Attalidae
plural
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Etymology
Origin of Attalid
Presumably after Attalus (< Greek Áttalos ), father ofPhiletaerus (died 263 b.c.), founder of the kingdom; see -id 1
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Sagalassos had become a city-state of the Hellenistic Attalid Kingdom.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
In Aeolis, of course, the centre of gravity moved to the Attalid capital, Pergamum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
A Pergamene inscription contains part of a 'Royal Law' which apparently dates from one of the Attalid rulers.
From Ancient Town-Planning by F. (Francis) Haverfield
Even Caria, which had been declared free after the war with Perseus, seems to have again fallen under the sway of the Attalid kings.
From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones) Greenidge
With the rise of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamum, a system of Pergamene foundation begins to oppose the Seleucid in the interior, bearing such names as Attalia, Philetaeria, 243 Eumenia, Apollonis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
Cities such as Ephesus and Miletus became immensely prosperous, Mausolus of Halicarnassus, the Attalids of Pergamon, possessed wealth that would have been unimaginable to the Greeks of Marathon.
From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by R.W. Livingstone
But even this State did not escape the jealousy of the Romans, and with Attalus III. the house of Attalids became extinct.
From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord
A pretender had appeared from the house of the Attalids.
From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones) Greenidge
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