Person

Attalus II Philadelphus

king of Pergamon

b. 220 BCE – d. 138 BCE World The Middle of The Earth

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.