Attalus I - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia - Attalus I
Attalus I (Soter "Savior") (269 BCE–197 BCE)1 ruled Pergamon, a Greek city state in present-day Turkey, from 241 BCE to 197 BCE. He was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - Second Macedonian War
In 200 BCE, Attalus became involved in the Second Macedonian War. Acarnanians with Macedonian support invaded Attica, causing Athens, whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalid Dynasty: Encyclopedia - Attalid Dynasty
The Attalid dynasty was a Greek dynasty that ruled the city of Pergamon after the death of Lysimachus, a general of Alexander the Great. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Macedonian War: Encyclopedia Ii - First Macedonian War - Campaign In Greece
Later that summer Laevinus seized the main town of Zacynthus, except for its citadel, and the Acarnanian town of Oeniadae and the island ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Macedonian War: Encyclopedia Ii - First Macedonian War - Attempt At Peace Fails
From Lamia, Philip went to Phalara. There he met representatives from the neutral states of Egypt, Rhodes, Athens and Chios who were tryi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Macedonian War: Encyclopedia Ii - First Macedonian War - Hostilities Resume
From Naupactus, Sulplicius sailed east to Corinth and Sicyon, conducting raids there. Philip, with his cavalry caught the Romans ashore a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Macedonian War: Encyclopedia Ii - First Macedonian War - The War Ends
Although Philip considered Attalus' escape a bitter defeat,46 it proved to be the turning-point of the war. Attalus was forced to return ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Macedonian War: Encyclopedia Ii - First Macedonian War - Demetrius Urges War Against Rome
Rome's preoccupation with its war with Carthage provided an opportunity for Philip V of Macedon, to attempt to extend his power westward....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Macedonian War: Encyclopedia Ii - First Macedonian War - Rome Seeks Allies In Greece
Desiring to prevent Philip from aiding Carthage in Italy and elsewhere, Rome sought out land allies in Greece. Laevinus had begun explori...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Macedonian War: Encyclopedia Ii - First Macedonian War - Philip Builds A Fleet
Philip spent the winter of 217–216 BC building a fleet of 100 warships, something, according to Polybius "hardly any Macedonian king ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Macedonian War: Encyclopedia Ii - First Macedonian War - War Breaks Out In Illyria
In the late summer of 214 BC, Philip again attempted an Illyrian invasion by sea, with a fleet of 120 lembi. He captured Oricum which was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Macedonian War: Encyclopedia Ii - First Macedonian War - Philip Allies With Carthage
After hearing of Rome's nearly disastrous defeat at the hands of Hannibal at Cannae in 216 BC, Philip sent ambassadors to Hannibal's camp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - The Introduction Of The Cult Of The Magna Mater To Rome
In 205 BCE, after the "Peace of Phoenice", Rome turned to Attalus, as its only friend in Asia, for help concerning a religious matter. An...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - Wife And Sons
Attalus married Apollonis, from Cyzicus. They had four sons, Eumenes, Attalus, Philetaerus and Athenaeus (after Apollonis' father).47 Pol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - Macedonian Hostilities Of 201 Bce
Prevented by the treaty of Phoenice from expansion in the east, Philip set out to extend his power in the Aegean and in Asia Minor. In th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - Defeat Of The Galatians
According to Pausanias "the greatest of his achievements" was the defeat of the "Gauls"(Γαλάται)5. Pausanias was referring to the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - Early Life
Little is known about Attalus' early life. He was the son of Attalus, and Antiochis.4 The elder Attalus, was the son of a brother (also c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - Conquests In Seleucid Asia Minor
Several years after the first victory over the Gauls, Pergamon was again attacked by the Gauls together with their ally Antiochus Hierax,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - First Macedonian War
Attalus, now thwarted in the east, turned his attention westward. Perhaps because of concern for the ambitions of Philip V of Macedon, At...   » Read the article