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Eumenes II
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Key facts
- Reign
- 197–159 BC
- Predecessor
- Attalus I
- Successor
- Attalus II
- Born
- Before 220 BC
- Died
- 159 BC, Pergamon
- Consort
- Stratonice
- Issue
- Attalus III Eumenes III (?)
- Greek
- Εὐμένης Σωτήρ
- House
- Attalid dynasty
- Father
- Attalus I
- Mother
- Apollonis
- Religion
- Greek Polytheism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Stratonice of Pergamon
- Child
- Attalus III
- Father
- Attalus I
- Mother
- Apollonis of Cyzicus
- Occupation
- military leader
- Position held
- monarch
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Family
- Attalid dynasty
- Image
- Young Commander MAN Napoli Inv5588.jpg
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- Commons category
- Eumenes II
- date of death
- 0159-00-00
- date of birth
- 0221-01-01
- time period
- Hellenistic period
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Encyclopedic overview
Eumenes II Soter (/juːˈmɛniːz/; Ancient Greek: Εὐμένης Σωτήρ; ruled 197–159 BC) was a ruler of Pergamon, and a son of Attalus I Soter and queen Apollonis and a member of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon.
Biography
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