Eumenes II
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Eumenes II Soter was king of the Hellenistic kingdom of Pergamon from 197 BC to 159 BC. He was a son of Attalus I Soter and queen Apollonis and a member of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon.
Bust of Eumenes II (putative, also known more generically as the young commander)
Attalus I
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Attalus I, surnamed Soter, was the ruler of the Greek polis of Pergamon and the larger Pergamene Kingdom from 241 BC to 197 BC. He was the adopted son of King Eumenes I, whom he succeeded, and the fir
Eumenes II
…Eumenes II Soter (; Ancient Greek: Εὐμένης Σωτήρ;) was king of the Hellenistic kingdom of Pergamon from 197 BC to 159 BC. He was a son of Attalus I Soter and queen Apollonis and a member of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon. The eldest of four sons to king Attalus I and queen Apollonis, Eumenes was presumably…
Marble head found at Pergamon dated to the 3rd century BC, currently at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin; hypothesized to be depicting Attalus I.
The Dying Gaul, a statue representing the defeat of the Galatians by Attalus, is a marble Roman copy of the now-lost ancient bronze original.
Tetradrachm struck during the reign of Attalus I, depicting Attalus' great uncle, Philetaerus, whose name ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ is written on the reverse beside Athena.
1st century BC Roman marble statue of Cybele