attalic

Here too women took the lead: in spite of the zealous invective of Cato they managed to procure the abolition, after the peace with Cartilage , of the decree of the people passed soon after the battle of Cannae , which forbade them to use gold ornaments, variegated dresses, or chariots; no course was left to their zealous antagonist but to impose a high tax on those articles . A multitude of new and for the most part frivolous articles silver plate elegantly figured, table-couches with bronze mounting, Attalic dresses as they were called, and carpets of rich gold brocade now found their way to Rome.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book III : From the Union of Italy to the Subjugation of Carthage and the Greek States

Thrace, of which the Romans had hitherto held little more than the Attalic possessions on the Chersonese, now became a portion though far from obedient of the province of Macedonia. Piracy

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy

Thrace, of which the Romans had hitherto held little more than the Attalic possessions on the Chersonese, now became a portion though far from obedient of the province of Macedonia. Piracy

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

The movement was believed to have died away when he suddenly reappeared at the head of the new "citizens of the city of the sun," in other words, of the slaves whom he had called to freedom en masse, mastered the Lydian towns of Thyatira and Apollonis as well as a portion of the Attalic townships, and summoned bands of Thracian free-lances to join his standard. The struggle was serious.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

Here too women took the lead: in spite of the zealous invective of Cato they managed to procure the abolition, after the peace with Cartilage , of the decree of the people passed soon after the battle of Cannae , which forbade them to use gold ornaments, variegated dresses, or chariots; no course was left to their zealous antagonist but to impose a high tax on those articles . A multitude of new and for the most part frivolous articles silver plate elegantly figured, table-couches with bronze mounting, Attalic dresses as they were called, and carpets of rich gold brocade now found their way to Rome.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

The movement was believed to have died away when he suddenly reappeared at the head of the new "citizens of the city of the sun," in other words, of the slaves whom he had called to freedom en masse, mastered the Lydian towns of Thyatira and Apollonis as well as a portion of the Attalic townships, and summoned bands of Thracian free-lances to join his standard. The struggle was serious.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book IV : The Revolution