Pergamum

Region: West Asia · Coordinates: 39.133, 27.184 · 6 events

Events

YearSourceAccount
399 BCXenophon, Anabasis (March of the Ten Thousand)Passing Adramyttion and Certonus and crossing the plain of the Caicus, they arrive at Pergamum in Mysia; Xenophon is hosted by Hellas, the wife of Gongylus of Eretria.
399 BCXenophon, Anabasis (March of the Ten Thousand)Return to Asia Minor: the army is handed over to Thibron (Sparta) and incorporated into the war against Persia; the expedition ends.
190 BCPolybius, HistoriesAntiochus invades Pergamene territory
156 BCPolybius, HistoriesPrusias advances on Pergamum and destroys the Nicephorium
75 BCPlutarch's Parallel LivesWhen the praetor stalls, Caesar leaves him, goes to Pergamum and executes the pirates
AD 214Cassius Dio, Roman HistoryAntoninus arrived at Pergamum and, delighted that the verse "the beast of Ausonia will enter the land of Telephus" was an oracle, had many people executed tradition
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