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Perge
Origins
Greek tradition says Perge was founded after the Trojan War by heroes such as Mopsus and Calchas, and a city called Parha appears in a Hittite treaty. By the 7th century BCE it was a Greek-speaking city near the coast, inland on the Kestros river.
Rule and society
Perge was a self-governing city whose patron was Artemis Pergaia, worshipped at a rich temple. It surrendered to Alexander of the Macedonian Empire in 333 BCE and later passed through Seleucid and Attalid rule. The mathematician Apollonius of Perga wrote his work on conic sections in the 3rd century BCE.
Decline and legacy
Perge came under Roman control, and in 25 BCE it became part of the Roman province of Galatia, later Pamphylia. Its finest monuments, including colonnaded streets and a theatre, date from the Roman period.
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- Perge was a vassal of Achaemenid Empire546 BCE – 334 BCE
- Perge was conquered by Roman Empire25 BCE
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