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Pergamon or Pergamum  (Greek: Πέργαμος, modern day Bergama in Turkey, 39.11667°N, 27.18333°W) was an ancient Greek city, in Mysia, north-western Anatolia, 16 miles from the Aegean Sea, located on a promontory on the north side of the river Caicus (modern day Bakırçay), that became an important kingdom during the Hellenistic period, under the Attalid dynasty, 281–133 BC. More...