Pergamum
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an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
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the ancient capital of this kingdom; now the site of Bergama, in W Turkey.
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ancient name of Bergama.
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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
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
The legacy to the Roman people of the kingdom and treasures of Attalus III. of Pergamum gave him an opportunity.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
Cases of deliberate invention, at Pergamum, which breed general suspicion of marvellous stories.
From Problems in Greek history by Mahaffy, John Pentland
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