Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This video explores the rise and fall of Pergamon, a small Greek kingdom with outsized historical importance.

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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:30 Origins
1:51 Philetaerus
2:53 Eumenes I and Attalus I
4:05 Eumenes II
5:21 Echos of Antiquity
6:23 Attalus II
6:56 Attalus III
7:58 Significance