Attalid

Attalid
/at"l id/, n., pl. Attalids, Attalidae /euh tal"i dee'/.
any of a line of kings, usually named Attalus or Eumenes, that ruled Pergamum, in Asia Minor, 282-133 B.C.
[presumably after Attalus ( < Gk Áttalos), father of Philetaerus (d. 263 B.C.), founder of the kingdom; see -ID1]

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