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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: First Macedonian War, Second Macedonian War, Third Macedonian War, Battle of Pydna, Philip V of Macedon, Battle of Cynoscephalae, Attalus I, Macedonian-Carthaginian Treaty, Demetrius of Pharos, Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Nabis, Acanthus, Macedonian Wars, Titus Quinctius Flamininus, Scopas of Aetolia, Agelaus of Naupactus, Scerdilaidas, Appius Claudius Pulcher, Aulus Postumius Albinus Luscus, Marcus Valerius Laevinus, Charops of Epirus, Alexander Isius, Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus, Treaty of Phoenice, Agepolis, Abrupolis, Orestis, Pyrrhias of Aetolia, Agesilochus, Fourth Macedonian War, Brachyllas, Cycliadas, Battle of Callinicus, First Battle of Lamia, Second Battle of Lamia, Asclepiodotus of Heraclea, Onomastus of Macedon, Agathagetus, Nicanor the Elephant, Philippus, Battle of the Aous, Harpalus, Treaty of Tempe, Onesimus. Excerpt: Attalus I (Greek: ), surnamed Soter (Greek: , "Savior"; 269 BC - 197 BC) ruled Pergamon, an Ionian Greek polis (what is now Bergama, Turkey), 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. He was the son of Attalus and his wife Antiochis. Attalus won an important victory over the Galatians, newly arrived Celtic tribes from Thrace, who had been, for more than a generation, plundering and exacting tribute throughout most of Asia Minor without any serious check. This victory, celebrated by the triumphal monument at Pergamon (famous for its Dying Gaul) and the liberation from the Gallic "terror" which it represented, earned for Attalus the name of "Soter," and the title of "king." A courageous and capable general and loyal ally of Rome, he played a significant role in the first and second Macedonian Wars, waged a...
