Eumenes III (Aristonicus)

Successor of: Attalus III Philometor

Relatives

• Father: Attalus II Philadelphus
• Mother: not known.

Main deeds

• 133: Attalus III Philometor, who has no children, leaves the Pergamene kingdom to the Romans.
• Aristonicus does not accept this bequest and revolts against Rome. He accepts the name Eumenes III.
• The cities of Pergamon and Ephesus do not support him, but he finds support in the countryside. The revolt becomes a social conflict between the suppressed people of the land and the rich urban people.
• The ideals of the revolutionaries are defended by Blossius of Cumae, who was also a supporter of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus.
• 131: Rome sends an army.
• 130: Eumenes III Aristonicus defeats the Roman consul Publius Licinius Crassus Dives Mucianus at Leucae.
• 129: The Roman commander Marcus Perperna besieges Eumenes at Stratonicea and captures him. He is brought to Rome and executed.