CLAS 2P34 Chapter 1-25: Time Period 300 – 27 BC
5 May 2016
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Developed with funds left by lysimachos, one of alexander"s generals, pergamon became an important city in western asia minor. Until 133 bc, it served as the capital of the attalid kingdom. The attalid rulers fortified this acropolis, adding their palaces, military depots and barracks, a temple to athena with commemorative sculpture in its precinct, a library, a theater, and, at a slightly lower level, the great altar. Down the hill a sanctuary of demeter and a large gymnasium complex were built. In roman times, the city expanded onto the plain at the foot of the acropolis hill. Two km to the south-west, a sanctuary to the healing god asklepios was established in the fourth century bc. Its surviving remains are largely from a major refurbishing undertaken during the reign of the roman emperor hadrian (ruled 117-138). Cosa, a colonia founded in 273 bc in territory formerly etruscan, thrived until sacked by pirates in 70-60.
