Attalus
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Attalus may refer to:
- Several members of the Attalid dynastyAttalid dynastyThe Attalid dynasty was a Hellenistic dynasty that ruled the city of Pergamon after the death of Lysimachus, a general of Alexander the Great. The Attalid kingdom was the rump state left after the collapse of the Lysimachian Empire. One of Lysimachus' officers, Philetaerus, took control of the city...
of Pergamon- Attalus IAttalus IAttalus I , surnamed Soter ruled Pergamon, an Ionian Greek polis , first as dynast, later as king, from 241 BC to 197 BC. He was the second cousin and the adoptive son of Eumenes I, whom he succeeded, and was the first of the Attalid dynasty to assume the title of king in 238 BC...
, ruled 241 BC–197 BC - Attalus II PhiladelphusAttalus II PhiladelphusAttalus II Philadelphus was a King of Pergamon and the founder of modern-day Turkish city Antalya...
, ruled 160 BC–138 BC - Attalus IIIAttalus IIIAttalus III Philometor Euergetes was the last Attalid king of Pergamon, ruling from 138 BC to 133 BC....
, ruled 138 BC–133 BC
- Attalus I
- Attalus (general)Attalus (general)Attalus , important courtier of Macedonian king Philip II of Macedonia.In 339 BC, Attalus' niece Cleopatra Eurydice married king Philip II of Macedonia. In spring of 336 BC, Philip II appointed Attalus and Parmenion as commanders of the advance force that would invade the Persian Empire in Asia Minor...
, courtier and general of Philip II of Macedonia - Attalus (son of Andromenes), general of Alexander the Great and Perdiccas
- Attalus of RhodesAttalus of RhodesAttalus of Rhodes was an ancient Greek grammarian, astronomer, and mathematician, who lived in Rhodes in the 2nd century BC, and was a contemporary of Hipparchus. He wrote a commentary on the Phaenomena of Aratus. Although this work is lost, Hipparchus cites him in his Commentary on the Phaenomena...
, (2nd century BC), astronomer, contemporary of Hipparchus - Attalus (Stoic)Attalus (Stoic)Attalus was a Stoic philosopher in the reign of Tiberius , who was defrauded of his property by Sejanus, and reduced to cultivating the ground. He taught the philosopher Seneca, who frequently quotes him, and speaks of him in the highest terms. The elder Seneca describes him as a man of great...
, Stoic philosopher (c. 25 AD) and teacher of Seneca - Priscus AttalusPriscus AttalusPriscus Attalus was twice Roman usurper , against Emperor Honorius, with Visigothic support.Priscus Attalus was a Greek from Asia whose father had moved to Italy under Valentinian I. Attalus was an important senator in Rome, who served as praefectus urbi in 409...
, Roman senator who was proclaimed emperor twice by the Visigoths - Attalus (beetle), a genus of beetles in the Malachiidae family