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This article proposes to attribute the so-called “pillar of a Roman emperor,” erected at Delphi, to the pedestal, until then unidentified, of the statue awarded by the Amphictiony to king Eumenes II, known by a decree of 182. The architectural analysis and the comparison with the other buildings of the same type reveal characters specific to the Attalids; they make it possible to establish a relative chronology and bring the monument closer to those raised for Perseus. These elements no longer allow the attribution of the pillar to a Roman emperor; they are consistent with the honors bestowed on Eumenes II at a crucial time for the king of Pergamon.