Berenike (fiancee Attalus III.)

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Berenike was one around the middle of the 2nd century BC. Living fiancee of King Attalus III. of Pergamon.

Almost nothing is known about Berenike, only mentioned by the Roman historian Justinus , not even who her parents were. From her name it has been suggested that she might have been a Ptolemaic princess. This theory was first proposed by Esther Violet Hansen. If the assumption is correct, Chris Bennett is most likely to hold Ptolemy VI. for Berenike's father and in this case sets her year of birth, which cannot be deduced from Justinus' information, to the end of the 160s BC. As well as her engagement to Attalus III. at the end of 150 BC Chr.

Berenike probably died at a young age, because apparently it was no longer about her marriage to Attalus III. came. According to Iustinus Attalus III. believed that neither his mother Stratonike nor his bride Berenike died of natural causes , and therefore murdered his friends and relatives whom he held responsible. Chris Bennett takes Berenike's date of death as the early 140s BC. BC, so that it would have been different about a decade before Attalus' accession to the throne.

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  1. ↑ Iustinus 36, 4, 1 (Berenike probably wrongly called Beronice ).
  2. ^ Esther Violet Hansen: The Attalids of Pergamon , p. 144.
  3. ↑ Berenike's biography by Chris Bennett, notes 3, 4, and 6 .
  4. ↑ Justin 36, 4, 1.
  5. ↑ Berenike's biography by Chris Bennett, note 8 .
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SURNAME Berenike
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Fiancee of the Pergamene King Attalus III.
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century BC Chr.