Eumenes II

American  

noun

1. king of Pergamum. 197–c159 b.c.

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Example Sentences

He has described the museum’s Pergamon Altar, a 2nd-century B.C. artifact built in ancient Greece during the reign of King Eumenes II, as the throne of Satan and a site for child sacrifice.

From Washington Post

The museums targeted include the Pergamon Museum, which is home to the renowned Pergamon Altar, erected by King Eumenes II in the Second Century BC.

From BBC

Vellum remained in comparative obscurity till the time of Eumenes II, King of Pergamum.

From Project Gutenberg

In 185 he was a member of the commission sent to Macedonia to investigate the complaints made by Eumenes II. of Pergamum against Philip V. of Macedon.

From Project Gutenberg

Eumenes II succeeded his father Attalus 197 B.C., and, like him, attached himself to the Romans, who, as a reward for his services in the war against Antiochus of Syria, bestowed upon him the Thracian Chersonesus and almost all Asia on this side of the Taurus.

From Project Gutenberg