Person

Aristonicus

d. c. 128 BCE · 2nd century BCE · Also known as Eumenes III

Aristonicus was a pretender to the throne of Pergamon who claimed to be a son of Eumenes II and took the royal name Eumenes III. When Attalus III died in 133 BCE leaving his kingdom to Rome, Aristonicus led a revolt that drew support from slaves and the poor of western Anatolia. He was captured by the consul Marcus Perperna in 130 BCE and later executed in Rome, and the kingdom became the province of Asia.

Aristonicus
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EphesusDeclineByzantiumDeclineKingdom of PontusGovernance

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PhocaeaKingdom of Pergamon

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