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The Attalid dynasty was a Greek dynasty that ruled the city of Pergamon after the death of Lysimachus, a general of Alexander the Great. One of Lysimachus' officers, Philetaerus, took control of the city in 282 BC. The later Attalids were descended from his father, and they expanded the city into a kingdom. Attalus I proclaimed himself King in the 230s BC, following his victories over the Gauls. The Attalids ruled Pergamon until Attalus III bequeathed the kingdom to the Roman Republic in 133 BC.

1 Dynasty of Pergamum

Philetaerus ( 282 BC– 263 BC)
Eumenes I ( 263 BC– 241 BC)
Attalus I Soter ( 241 BC– 197 BC)
Eumenes II ( 197 BC– 160 BCCenturies: 3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC Decades: 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC Years: 165 BC 164 BC 163 BC 162 BC 161 BC 160 BC 159 BC 158 BC 157 BC 156 BC 155 BC Events Berik succe)
Attalus II Philadelphus ( 160 BC– 138 BC)
Attalus III ( 138 BC– 133 BC)
Eumenes III Aristonicus (pretender, 133 BC– 128 BC)

2 Geneaology¹


                       Attalus = Boa  
                               |
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      |               |                                    |
  Philetaerus      Eumenes = Satyra                      Attalus
                          |                                |
           ---------------------                -----------------------
           |                   |                |                     |
        Eumenes I         Philetaerus (?)     Attalus = Antiochis   Eumenes (?)
                                                     |  
                                                  Attalus I = Apollonis
                                                           |
                --------------------------------------------------
                |               |                |               |
              Eumenes II      Attalus II      Philetaerus      Athenaeus
                |
              Attalus III

3 Reference

Hansen, Esther V. (1971). The Attalids of Pergamon. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press; London: Cornell University Press Ltd. BooksEnthsiast.com.

4 Footnote

¹ Esther V. Hansen, The Attalids of Pergamon, (1971), pp. 26, 45.

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