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Attalid

[ at-l-id ]

noun

plural Attalids, Attalidae
  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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Word History and Origins

Origin of Attalid1

Presumably after Attalus (< Greek ÁٳٲDz ), father ofPhiletaerus (died 263 b.c.), founder of the kingdom; -id 1
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Sagalassos had become a city-state of the Hellenistic Attalid Kingdom.

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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.

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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.

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In Aeolis, of course, the centre of gravity moved to the Attalid capital, Pergamum.

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In 133 Rome entered formally upon the heritage of the Attalid kingdom and became the dominant power in the Hellenism under Roman sway.

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