Pergamon Acropolis [site]
unknown (Greek (ancient))
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Date
-323-300Description
Profile view of the Trajaneum, on the Pergamon Acropolis, from the north; Under Persian rule 5th cen. BC; prosperous Hellenistic city during rule of Eumenes I & Attalids (282-133 BC); bequeathed by Attalus III to Rome 133 BC; to Byzantines after fall of Rome; passed to Ottomans 14th cen.; ruins a "text" of Hellenistic art. Source: Thesaurus of Geographic Names (Notes) [website]; http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/ (accessed 2/14/2008)
Type of Work
excavation (site)Subject
Roman Empire, Hellenistic, Imperial (Roman)
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