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

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Pergamum

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

After the defeat of Antiochus the Great, king of Syria, by the Romans, Ephesus was handed over by the conquerors to Eumenes, king of Pergamum, whose successor, Attalus Philadelphus, unintentionally worked the city irremediable harm.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

The whole south coast-line of the Troad is seen, and in the south-east the ancient territory of Pergamum, from whose masters the possession of Assus passed to Rome by the bequest of Attalus III.

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

Other theatres are known at Dodona in Greece, Pergamum and Tralles in Asia Minor, and Syracuse and Segesta in Sicily.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various