Attalus or Attalos may refer to:
People
*Several members of the
Attalid dynasty
The Kingdom of Pergamon or Attalid kingdom was a Ancient Greece, Greek state during the Hellenistic period that ruled much of the Western part of Anatolia, Asia Minor from its capital city of Pergamon. It was ruled by the Attalid dynasty (; g ...
of Pergamon
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Attalus I
Attalus I ( grc, Ἄτταλος Α΄), surnamed ''Soter'' ( el, , "Savior"; 269–197 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 first ...
, ruled 241 BC–197 BC
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Attalus II Philadelphus
Attalus II Philadelphus (Greek: Ἄτταλος Β΄ ὁ Φιλάδελφος, ''Attalos II Philadelphos'', which means "Attalus the brother-loving"; 220–138 BC) was a Greek King of Pergamon and the founder of the city of Attalia (Antalya) ...
, ruled 160 BC–138 BC
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Attalus III
Attalus III ( el, Ἄτταλος Γ΄) Philometor Euergetes ( – 133 BC) was the last Attalid king of Pergamon, ruling from 138 BC to 133 BC.
Biography
Attalus III was the son of king Eumenes II and his queen Stratonice of Pergamon, and h ...
, ruled 138 BC–133 BC
*Attalus, father of
Philetaerus
Philetaerus (; grc, Φιλέταιρος, ''Philétairos'', c. 343 –263 BC) was the founder of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon in Anatolia.
Early life and career under Lysimachus
Philetaerus was born in Tieium (Greek: ''Tieion''), a small ...
of founder of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon
*Attalus, father of
Attalus I
Attalus I ( grc, Ἄτταλος Α΄), surnamed ''Soter'' ( el, , "Savior"; 269–197 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 first ...
of Pergamon
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Attalus (general)
Attalus (Greek: Ἄτταλος; c. 390 BC – 336 BC), a Macedonian from Lower Macedonia, was an important courtier and soldier of Philip II of Macedonia.
Family connections to Philip II of Macedon
Attalus was born in Lower ...
(390–336 BC), courtier and general of Philip II of Macedonia
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Attalus (son of Andromenes)
Attalus (Greek: Ἄτταλος; fl. 4th century BC), son of Andromenes from Tymphaia, and one of Alexander's officers, was accused with his brothers, Amyntas and Simmias, of having been engaged in the conspiracy of Philotas in 330 BC, but was ...
(fl. 330–317 BC), general of Alexander the Great and Perdiccas
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Attalus of Rhodes (fl. 2nd century BC), astronomer, contemporary of Hipparchus
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Attalus (Stoic)
Attalus (; el, Ἄτταλος) was a Stoic philosopher in the reign of Tiberius around 25 AD. He was defrauded of his property by Sejanus, and exiled where he was reduced to cultivating the ground.Seneca, ''Suasoriae'', 2. The elder Seneca descr ...
(fl. 25 AD), Stoic philosopher and teacher of Seneca
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Priscus Attalus
Priscus Attalus (Greek: Πρίσκος Άτταλος, died after 416) was twice Roman usurper (in 409–10 and in 414–15), against Emperor Honorius, with Visigothic support. He was the last non-Christian pretender to the Roman imperial offi ...
(fl. 409–416), Roman senator who was proclaimed emperor twice by the Visigoths
Organisms
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Attalus'', a genus of beetles in the family
Melyridae
Melyridae (common name: soft-winged flower beetles) are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea.
Description
Most are elongate-oval, soft-bodied beetles 10 mm long or less. Many are brightly patterned in black and brown, yellow, ...
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Alburnus attalus
''Alburnus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. They are known commonly as bleaks. A group of species in the genus is known as shemayas. The genus occurs in the western Palearctic realm, and the center of divers ...
'', a ray-finned fish of family Cyprinidae
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Henricus attalus
''Henricus attalus'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Puebla, Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to ...
'', a moth of family Tortricidae
Other uses
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Attalus (band), an American rock band formed in 2010
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