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Mithraeum

Ad Augusta per Angusta

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Pergamum

Name: Pergamum
Address: Bergama, Turkey

Pergamon or Pergamum, also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos, was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Aeolis.

Mithraic monuments of Pergamum

Inscription of Bergama

Dedication to Helios by Kle. Nikomedes, torch-bearer at Pergamum.

CIMRM 24

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Location
Asia, today in the area of Bergama (Turkey)

From the Wikipedia Pergamon or Pergamum, also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos, was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Aeolis. It is located 26 kilometres from the modern coastline of the Aegean Sea on a promontory on the north side of the river Caicus and northwest of the modern city of Bergama, Turkey. During the Hellenistic period, it became the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon in 281–133 BC under the Attalid dynasty, who transformed it into one of the major cultural centres of the Greek world.

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TNML 270

Published on 28 May 2026

Updated on 29 May 2026