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  • Alexandros I Balas

    Alexandros I Balas was a Seleucid king from 152 BC to 145 BC. As the seleucid king Demetrius I Soter (162-150 BC) became more and more unpopular due to his arrogance and drunkennes, it was quite an easy task for the rival kingdoms, such as Pergamum or Egypt to stir up a revolt against him. As a competitor...
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  • 262 BC
    Eumenes rebels and wins against the Seleucid Antiochos I. Beginning of the Pergamon Empire.
  • c. 237 BC - 241 BC
    Attalos I of Pergamon defeats the Galatians at the headwaters of the Caioc River.
  • 218 BC
    The Aegosages Celts enter Anatolia under Attalos of Pergamon.
  • c. 189 BC
    The treaty of Apameea Kibotos. Peace and alliance is established between the Seleucid Kingdom and Rome joined by her allies, such as Pergamon and Rhodes. The Seleucids have to evacuate all the land and the cities from Asia Minor and to pay a huge war indemnity.
  • 188 BC
    Maximum extent of the Pergamon Empire after Apamea peace.
  • 133 BC
    Attalus III, the last king of Pergamon, bequeathes the whole of Pergamon to Rome.