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Eumenes II
King of Pergamon from 197 to 159 BC
Eumenes II Soter (; Ancient Greek: Εὐμένης Σωτήρ; ruled 197–159 BC) was a ruler of Pergamon, and a son of Attalus I Soter and queen Apollonis and a member of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon.
Biography
The eldest son of king Attalus I and queen Apollonis, Eumenes was presumably born prior to 220 BC and was the eldest of four sons to Attalus I. Eumenes followed in his father's footsteps upon becoming king and collaborated with the Romans to oppose first Macedonian, then Seleucid expansion towards the Aegean, leading to the defeat of Antiochus the Great at the Battle of Magnesia in 190 BC.[1]
He had refused to marry a daughter of Antiochus III upon noticing that he was about to engage in a war against the Romans.[2] He then had married Stratonice of Pergamon, daughter of Ariarathes IV (King of Cappadocia) and his wife Antiochis, and their son was named Attalus III.
Expansion of the kingdom
Eumenes had followed his father's footsteps and aided the Romans whenever he could, firstly in the
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Eumenes
Greek general, satrap and Diadoch (361–315 BC)
For other uses, see Eumenes (disambiguation).
Eumenes (; Ancient Greek: Εὐμένης; fl. 361–315 BC) was a Greek general, satrap, and Successor of Alexander the Great. He participated in the Wars of Alexander the Great, serving as Alexander's personal secretary and later on as a battlefield commander. Eumenes depicted himself as a lifelong loyalist of Alexander's dynasty and championed the cause of the MacedonianArgead royal house.[4]
In the Wars of the Diadochi after Alexander's death, Eumenes initially supported the regentPerdiccas in the First Diadochi War, and later the Argead royalty in the Second Diadochi War. Despite less experience as a commander, Eumenes defeated Craterus, one of Alexander's most accomplished generals, at the Battle of the Hellespont in 321 BC. After Perdiccas' murder in 320 BC Eumenes became a public enemy of the new Post-Alexander regime under Antipater and Antigonus. In 319 BC he was defeated by Antigonus at the Battle of Orkynia and confined to Nora.
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Eumenes II Soter
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Eumenes II Soter:Attalid king of Pergamon, ruled 197-159.
Successor of: Attalus I Soter
Relatives
Main deeds
- Born before 220.
- 197: His father Attalus I Soter suffers a stroke and makes Eumenes co-ruler; he becomes king in the same year and inherits a policy in which he presents himself as protector of Greece. He also inherits an alliance with Rome.
- 194: Refuses an alliance with Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid Empire, and instead provokes the Syrian War, in which he is supported by Rome.
- 192: Attalus II Philadelphus visits Rome and warns against Antiochus III.
- 189: Battle of Magnesia: Antiochus defeated by the Romans and Pergamenes; Manlius Vulso attacks the Galatians.
- 188: Peace of Apamea: Rome awards Pergamon large parts of Asia Minor, including Ephesus, Telmessus, and Tralles.
- 183: War against king Prusias I the Lame of Bithynia; although Eumenes is defeated, Roman support gives him in the end victory.
- 183: Alliance with the towns of Crete.
- 182-179: War against kin
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