Attalid
noun
any of a line of kings, usually named Attalus orEumenes, that ruled Pergamum, in Asia Minor, 282–133 b.c.
Attalids
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pluralof Attalid.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
