Die eksentrieke koning van Pergamon, Attalus III, wat geen kinders het nie, kry 'n sonsteek en sterf skielik. Sy testament is skokkend. Hy het Rome erfgenaam van sy koninkryk gemaak.[2]
Aristonicus, Attalus se stiefbroer beweer dat die testament 'n vervalsing is en kom in opstand teen die Romeine.
↑Luuk De Ligt in: The Impact of the Roman Army (200 BC-AD 476): Economic, Social, Political, Religious, and Cultural Aspects, Proceedings of the Sixth Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire (Roman Empire, 200 B.C.-A.D. 476), Capri, March 29-April 2, 2005, Deel 6 van Impact of Empire (Roman Empire, 27 B.C.-A.D. 406) (Series), BRILL, 2007, ISBN 9004160442, ISBN 9789004160446
↑The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy Adrienne Mayor Princeton University Press, 2011, ISBN 0-691-15026-5, ISBN 978-0-691-15026-0
↑Imperial Chinese Armies: 200 BC-AD 589, Deel 284 van Osprey military men-at-arms series Chris Peers, Osprey Publishing, 1995, ISBN 1-85532-514-4, ISBN 978-1-85532-514-2
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