Pergamon (or Pergamum)
Pergamon (or Pergamum)
Pergamon, today it is Bergama / Izmir / Turkey, was an ancient Hellenistic city naming its kingdom in north-west Anatolia. The city is approximately 80 km from Izmir and 25 km from The Aegean Sea.
The city was famous for its desing and the patrons who were ruling. The patrons were important because they enabled the other cities to survive in their own names. Therefore the patrons pursued peaceful politics toward to the others and that made them live in prosperity.
In the Roman period Pergamum was the first kingdom made an alliance with Rome. And that made it the capital of Asia. And Ephesus which is under the control of Pergamum in that time was the capital city.
Religion in the Kingdom of Pergamum and in the city was various. There were those who were worshipping snakes and reptiles. This was proofed by the coins found in the city -coins on which the king was surrounded by a big serpent-. There were those who were worshipping Dionysus - God of vegetation, harvest and vine in mythology. And there were those who were worshipping Asklepios -in Rome it is Aesculapius- God of healing in mythology. Some were believed in Zeus and Athene, too.
There are a lot of ancient ruins in the city:
The Royal palaces,
The Upper Agora,
The Heroön,
The Temple of Dionysus,
The Sanctuary of Athena,
The Sanctuary of Trajan,
And a theatre with ten thousand seat and one of the steepest in ancient time.
Directions:
39° 7′ 0″ N,
27° 11′ 0″ E
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