Pergamum

American  

[pur-guh-muhm] / ˈpɜr gə məm /

Also Pergamon

noun

1. an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.

2. the ancient capital of this kingdom; now the site of Bergama, in W Turkey.

3. ancient name of Bergama.

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Pergamum British  

/ ˈpɜːɡəməm /

noun

1. an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, in Mysia: capital of a major Hellenistic monarchy of the same name that later became a Roman province

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Other Word Forms

• Pergamene
  adjective
• Pergamenian
  adjective
• Pergamic
  adjective

Example Sentences

Raw fruit was thought to cause fever, based on medical theories that dated back to the second-century Greek physician Galen of Pergamum.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 18, 2019

King of Pergamum, in gratitude for the lessons learned in Athens in his student days.

From Time Magazine Archive

The word parchment seems to be a corruption of charta pergamena, a name first given to skins prepared by some improved process for Eumenes, king of Pergamum, about b.c.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

An independent kingdom was founded at Pergamum, 283 B.C., which lasted until Attalus III.,

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

Libraries became a feature of the age, the kings leading the way as collectors, of books, especially the rival dynasties of Egypt and Pergamum.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various