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

They were confined by the victories of Attalus I. of Pergamum, c.

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

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

There was, for example, the Greek city of Syracuse in Sicily, where thought and science flourished for two centuries; there was Pergamum in Asia Minor, which also had a great library.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)