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Attalid

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[at-l-id] / ˈæt l ɪd /

noun

  • Attalids,
    plural
  • Attalidae
    plural
  1. any of a line of kings, usually named Attalus orEumenes, that ruled Pergamum, in Asia Minor, 282–133 b.c.


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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

As to the cities outside Greece, within or around the royal realms, Seleucid, Ptolemaic or Attalid, their degree of freedom probably differed widely according to circumstances.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

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

The Attalid kings, the founders of Pergamon, cared only for splendid buildings splendidly adorned.

From Ancient Town-Planning by F. (Francis) Haverfield

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

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

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

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

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