Eumenes II

Eumenes II in Wikipedia

Eumenes II of Pergamon (Εὐμένης Β' τῆς Περγάμου) (ruled 197 - 159 BC) was king of Pergamon and a member of the Attalid dynasty. The son of king Attalus I and queen Apollonis, he followed in his father's footsteps and collaborated with the Romans to oppose first Macedonian, then Seleucid expansion towards the Aegean, leading to the defeat of Antioch...

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Eumĕnes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

II., king of Pergamum, who reigned B.C. 197-159, and was the son and successor of Attalus I. He inherited from his predecessor the friendship and alliance of the Romans, which he took the utmost pains to cultivate. Pergamum became under his rule a great and flourishing city, in which he founded that celebrated library that rose to be a rival even t...

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