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Attalus II Philadelphus
king of Pergamon
Years: 220BCE - 138BCE
Attalus II Philadelphus (Greek:"Attalus the brother-loving", 220 BCE – 138 BCE) is a King of Pergamon and the founder of modern-day Turkish city Antalya.
He is the second son of Attalus I Soter and wife queen Apollonis (?
), and ascends the throne first as co-ruler alongside his ailing brother Eumenes II in 160 BCE, whose widow Stratonice of Pergamon he marries in 158 BCE upon Eumenes' death.
