The Attalid dynasty's Hellenistic kingdom in western Anatolia became a major cultural and intellectual center — home to the Library of Pergamum — and a close Roman ally before Attalus III bequeathed it to Rome.
Attalus III died without an heir in 133 BCE and willed the kingdom to Rome; it became the Roman province of Asia (129 BCE) after suppressing the Aristonicus revolt.
A well-received Cambridge study of the Attalid kingdom's money, culture, and statecraft — a modern scholarly treatment of Pergamon's dynasty and realm.
Era/regional synthesis covering the Attalid kingdom of Pergamon, its cultural prominence, and its bequest to Rome.
A leading in-print history of the Seleucid Empire from which Pergamon broke away, accessible to general readers.