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- Title
The Attalid victory at Magnesia on a lost plaque from Pergamon.
- Authors
Taylor, Michael J.
- Abstract
This article explores the battle scene on a small bronze plaque recovered during the 19th-century excavation of Pergamon, initially published in 1913 and subsequently lost. It argues that the most likely identification of the scene is the Battle of Magnesia, fought in 190 BC. The scene features Attalid cavalry riding to the rescue of distressed Roman legionaries, both fighting in opposition to Antiochus the Great's heavy phalanx and Gallic cavalry. The heroics of the Attalid cavalry are central to the scene, and likely reflect a courtly narrative that gave Eumenes II and his small contingent outsized credit for the joint victory.
- Subjects
BRONZE plaques; ATTALID dynasty, 282 B.C.-133 B.C.; BATTLE of Magnesia, Manisa, Turkey, 190 B.C.
- Publication
Anatolian Studies (Cambridge University Press), 2016, Vol 66, p81
- ISSN
0066-1546
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0066154616000065