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Pergamum

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell

Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, H. Kopp, Hanna Smith, B. Siewert-Mayer, Johan Åhlfeldt, Greta Hawes, R. Talbert, Chris de Lisle, Lewin Ernest Staine, W. Röllig, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Francis Deblauwe, R. Scott Smith, Eric Kansa, Ryan Horne, Enes Yılandiloğlu

Last modified May 06, 2026 05:49 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement, UWHS

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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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550812

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
39.1325, 27.184167

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Barġama (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 1258 - AD 1501)
- Bergama (AD 1300 - AD 1453)
- Bergama (Turkish, 1750 BC - AD 2000)
- Berġama (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1300 - AD 1918)
- برغمه (Berġama: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1400 - AD 1499)
- Pergamon (German, modern)
- Pergamon (English, 700 BC - AD 1918)
- Πέργαμον (Pergamon: Ancient Greek, 700 BC - AD 1918)
- Pergamum (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)

Pergamum makes connections with:

Pergamum part of (administrative) Asia (Roman province) (30 BC - AD 300)
Pergamum part of (physical/topographic) Asia Minor (unspecified date range)
Pergamum capital of Attalid kingdom (330 BC - 30 BC)
Pergamum part of (administrative) Lydia/Sparda (satrapy) (550 BC - 330 BC)
Pergamum part of (regional) Mysia (region) (unspecified date range)
Pergamum part of (administrative) Seleucid Empire (330 BC - 30 BC)

Pergamum receives connections from:

Aphrodision part of (administrative) Pergamum (330 BC - 30 BC)
Asklepieion located at Pergamum (unspecified date range)
Kybele Sanctuary at Kapikaya located near Pergamum (unspecified date range)
Library of Pergamum located at Pergamum (330 BC - 30 BC)
Maltepe (Pergamon) located at Pergamum (unspecified date range)
Pergamon gymnasium located at Pergamum (unspecified date range)
Red Basilica located at Pergamum (unspecified date range)
Royal Palace V at Pergamum located at Pergamum (30 BC - AD 300)
South Necropolis (Pergamon) located at Pergamum (unspecified date range)
Tavşan Tepe Tümülüsü located at Pergamum (unspecified date range)
Temple Grove of Nikephorion at Pergamum located at Pergamum (30 BC - AD 300)
Temple of Trajan at Pergamon located at Pergamum (unspecified date range)
The Great Altar at Pergamon located at Pergamum (unspecified date range)
Theater of Pergamon located at Pergamum (unspecified date range)
Tumulus Tepe A, Pergamon located at Pergamum (unspecified date range)
Yığma Tepe Tumulus located at Pergamum (unspecified date range)
İkiz Tepe Tümülüsü located at Pergamum (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement

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Evidence:

See Further:

See Also:

WHL 1457: Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape

Related:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 56 E3 Pergamum

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Bergama

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Suggested citation:
C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, H. Kopp, Hanna Smith, B. Siewert-Mayer, Johan Åhlfeldt, Greta Hawes, R. Talbert, Chris de Lisle, Lewin Ernest Staine, W. Röllig, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Francis Deblauwe, R. Scott Smith, Eric Kansa, Ryan Horne, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Pergamum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550812> [accessed: 08 June 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550812 |title=Places: 550812 (Pergamum) |author=Foss, C., G. Reger, S. Mitchell |accessdate=June 8, 2026 4:37 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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