Pergamum


Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell — last modified 2016-07-25T21:47:24Z
Contributors: Foss, C., G. Reger, S. Mitchell, R. Talbert, J. Åhlfeldt, J. Becker, W. Röllig, A. Rabinowitz, T. Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, H. Smith, F. Deblauwe, S. Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, L. Ernest Staine, R. Horne, E. Kansa
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An important ancient settlement, located at modern Bergama in Turkey. It was first described in Xenophon's Anabasis and was later used as a treasury under Lysimachus. Pergamum became the administrative capital and principal city of the Attalid kingdom and dynasty (282-133 BCE) and was briefly the first capital of the Roman province of Asia. It later was a seat of a Christian bishopric and is listed in Revelation as one of the seven churches of Asia. It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014 under "Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape".

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sanctuary, settlement, theatre, temple-2

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