Attalos III, King and Sculptor

In his epitome Justin related Pompeius Trogus’ story, who apparently wanted to convince his readers that Attalos III, who was insane, accused his relatives of poisoning Berenike and Stratonike. Before he died he had bequeathed his kingdom to Rome. Sallust adduced the words of Mithridates VI, who co...

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Autor principal:	Tomasz Polański
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Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2013
Materias:	Attalos III Berenike Stratonike sculptor Pergamon Rome Ancient history D51-90 History of the arts NX440-632
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:454f22d24b3c4a98a9de8296141962022021-11-27T13:19:52ZAttalos III, King and Sculptor10.12797/SAAC.17.2013.17.151899-15482449-867Xhttps://doaj.org/article/454f22d24b3c4a98a9de8296141962022013-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/3056https://doaj.org/toc/1899-1548https://doaj.org/toc/2449-867X In his epitome Justin related Pompeius Trogus’ story, who apparently wanted to convince his readers that Attalos III, who was insane, accused his relatives of poisoning Berenike and Stratonike. Before he died he had bequeathed his kingdom to Rome. Sallust adduced the words of Mithridates VI, who considered Attalos’ testament a Roman forgery. What we know from Justin’s version is the Roman version, which was produced to justify the annexation of a foreign country and the seizure of the Attalids’ immense treasures. Attalos was one of the best educated Hellenistic monarchs, a lover and patron of the arts and sciences, a sculptor and a man of letters. With the slaying of Attalos III and his closest relatives the Roman senators also terminated the last great project of patronage over the Hellenic arts, letters and sciences. Tomasz PolańskiKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleAttalos IIIBerenikeStratonikesculptorPergamonRomeAncient historyD51-90History of the artsNX440-632ENFRStudies in Ancient Art and Civilization, Vol 17 (2013)
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description	In his epitome Justin related Pompeius Trogus’ story, who apparently wanted to convince his readers that Attalos III, who was insane, accused his relatives of poisoning Berenike and Stratonike. Before he died he had bequeathed his kingdom to Rome. Sallust adduced the words of Mithridates VI, who considered Attalos’ testament a Roman forgery. What we know from Justin’s version is the Roman version, which was produced to justify the annexation of a foreign country and the seizure of the Attalids’ immense treasures. Attalos was one of the best educated Hellenistic monarchs, a lover and patron of the arts and sciences, a sculptor and a man of letters. With the slaying of Attalos III and his closest relatives the Roman senators also terminated the last great project of patronage over the Hellenic arts, letters and sciences.
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Attalos III, King and Sculptor

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