. A history of Rome with a map of Italy and ample chronological table . ent ofthe brave struggle of the Numantines for freedom andindependence. Spain now became a Roman province,and being completely exhausted, remained quiet for manyyears. In the year in which Numantia fell, Attalus, king ofPergamus, died and bequeathed his treasures and hiskingdom to the Roman people. Two years later, Aris-tonicus, a relative of the late king, disputed his willand claimed the kingdom as his lawful inheritance. Ashe was supported by many who hated the Roman do-minion, he was enabled to place himself at the hea


. A history of Rome with a map of Italy and ample chronological table . ent ofthe brave struggle of the Numantines for freedom andindependence. Spain now became a Roman province,and being completely exhausted, remained quiet for manyyears. In the year in which Numantia fell, Attalus, king ofPergamus, died and bequeathed his treasures and hiskingdom to the Roman people. Two years later, Aris-tonicus, a relative of the late king, disputed his willand claimed the kingdom as his lawful inheritance. Ashe was supported by many who hated the Roman do-minion, he was enabled to place himself at the head of ageneral insurrection of the lonians and Lydians. Thisled to a war with Rome, which, with varying success,was continued into the year 130, when it was broughtto a close by Perperna, who took Aristonicus prisonerand carried him to Rome in triumph. In this war theRomans had been assisted by Mithradates V., king ofPontus, who received as his reward the country calledPhrygia, but the kingdom of Pergamus was constitutedas a Roman province under the name of COIN OF ANTIOCHUS.


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