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The Attalid dynasty was a Greek dynasty that ruled the city of
Pergamum after the death of Lysimachus, a general of Alexander the
Great. One of Lysimachus' officers, Philetairos, took control of the city in 282 BC. The later Attalids
were descended from his father, and they expanded the city into a kingdom. Attalus I proclaimed himself King in the 230s BC,
following his victories over the Gauls. The Attalids ruled Pergamum until Attalus
III bequeathed the kingdom to the Roman Republic in 133 BC.
Attalid Dynasty of Pergamum
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