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Eumenes II
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Eumenes II of Pergamum (ruled 197 - 160 B.C.E.) King of Pergamum, member of the Attalid dynasty. Allied with the Romans to oppose Seleucid expansion towards in the Aegean leading to the defeat of Antiochus III the Great at the Battle of Magnesia in 190 B.C. Following the peace of Apamea in 188 B.C. Eumenes received the provinces of Phrygia, Lydia, Lycia and Pamphylia as his Roman allies had no desire for more territory but wished for a strong state in Asia Minor as a bulwark against any possible Seleucid expansion in the future.
| Preceded by: Attalus I | Attalid Ruler | Succeeded by: Attalus II |
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