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Appian, Wars in Spain (ed. Horace White), CHAPTER IX (search)
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Appian, Punic Wars (ed. Horace White), CHAPTER X (search)
Alexander Balas
Many different embassies having come to Rome,
B.C. 152. Visit of the young Attalus, son of the late king Eumenes.
the Senate admitted Attalus,Surnamed Philometor. He succeeded his uncle Attalus Philadelphus in
B.C. 138, and at his death in B.C. 133 left his dominions to Rome. son of king
Eumenes I. For he had arrived at Rome at
this time, still quite a young boy, to be introduced to the Senate, and to renew in his
person the ancestral friendship and connexion
with the Romans. D en of
high position to assist him. He accordingly went to Ephesus
and devoted himself to the preparations for his attempt.Alexander Balas was an impostor of low origin set up by Heracleides as
a son of Antiochus Epiphanes. He entered Syria in B.C. 152, defeated and
killed Demetrius in B.C. 150, and was himself defeated in B.C. 146 by Ptolemy
Philometor (who also fell) in favour of a son of Demetrius, and was shortly
afterwards murdered. Livy, Ep. 52, Appian, Syr. 67;
Joseph. Antiq. 13, 2, 4. .
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Attalus Iii.
Surnamed PHILOMETOR, was the son of Eumenes II. and Stratonice, daughter of Ariarathes, king of Cappadocia. While yet a boy, he was brought to Rome (B. C. 152), and presented to the senate at the same time with Alexander Balas.
He succeeded his uncle Attalus II. B. C. 138.
He is known to us chiefly for the extravagance of his conduct and the murder of his relations and friends.
At last, seized with remorse, he abandoned all public business, and devoted himself to sculpture, statuary, and gardening, on which he wrote a work.
He died B. C. 133 of a fever, with which he was seized in consequence of exposing himself to the sun's rays while engaged in erecting a monument to his mother.
In his will, he made the Romans his heirs. (Strab. xiii. p.624; Plb. 33.16; Just. 36.14; Diod. xxxiv. Exc. p. 601; Varro, R. R. Praef.; Columell. 1.1.8; Plin. Nat. 18.5; Liv. Epit. 58; Plut. TG 14; Vell. 2.4; Florus, 2.20; Appian. Mithr. 62, Bell. Civ. 5.4.) His kingdom was claimed by Aristonic
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Flaccus, Vale'rius
9. L. Valerius Flaccus, was consul in B. C. 152, but died during his magistracy. (J. Obseq. 77.)
Gisco
8. Son of Hamilcar (which of the many persons of that name we know not) was one of the chief magistrates at Carthage at the time of the disputes which led to the third Punic war. Ambassadors having been sent from Rome to adjust the differences between the Carthaginians and Masinissa (B. C. 152), the senate of Carthage was disposed to submit to their dictation; but Gisco, by his violent harangues, so inflamed the minds of his hearers against the Romans, that the ambassadors even became apprehensive for their personal safety, and fled from the city. (Liv. Epit. xlviii.)