Attalus
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Key facts
- Native name
- Ἄτταλος
- Born
- 390 BC, Lower Macedonia
- Died
- 336 BC (aged 53-54 years old)
- Allegiance
- Macedonia
- Rank
- General ( Strategos )
- Relations
- Cleopatra Eurydice (niece), Parmenion
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Macedonia
- Place of death
- Asia Minor
- Occupation
- military personnel
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- date of death
- 0336-01-01
- date of birth
- 0400-01-01
- manner of death
- homicide
- time period
- Hellenistic period
- described by source
- Description of Greece
- name in native language
- Άτταλος
- relative
- Cleopatra Eurydice
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Attalus (Greek: Ἄτταλος; c. 390 BC – 336 BC), a Macedonian from Lower Macedonia, was an important courtier and soldier of Philip II of Macedonia.
Family connections to Philip II of Macedon
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