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'''Pergamos''' (Greek: '''Πέργαμος''', meaning "height or elevation", modern day '''Bergama''' in Turkey) was an ancient Greek city, in Mysia, northwestern 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, 282-129 BC. | '''Pergamos''' (Greek: '''Πέργαμος''', meaning "height or elevation", modern day '''Bergama''' in Turkey) was an ancient Greek city, in Mysia, northwestern 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, 282-129 BC. | ||