Pergamon

ancient city of Ionia in modern-day Turkey and UNESCO World Heritage Site

17 dated entries naming Pergamon, drawn from 16 separate years between 238 BCE and 1147 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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3rd century BC

238 BCEA joint Seleucid-Galatian invasion of Pergamon is defeated at the Battle of Aphrodisiumsource
223 BCEThe Seleucid king Seleucus III is assassinated by members of his army while on campaign against Attalus of Pergamon in Phrygia.source
220 BCEAttalus II Philadelphus, king of Pergamon (d. 138 BC)source

2nd century BC

164 BCEConstruction of the detail of the frieze from the east front of the altar in Pergamon, Athena Attacking the Giants, begins and is finished eight years later. It is now kept at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Antikensammlung, Pergamonmuseum in Berlin, Germany.source
159 BCEAttalus II Philadelphus succeeds his brother Eumenes II as king of Pergamon.source
138 BCEAttalus III succeeds Attalus II as Attalid king of Pergamonsource
138 BCEAttalus II Philadelphus, king of Pergamon (b. 220 BC)source
133 BCEAttalus III, king of Pergamon. In his will, he makes the people of Rome his heirs (b. 170 BC)source
131 BCEDuring Aristonicus of Pergamon uprising against Rome, the consul Publius Licinius Crassus Mucianius is killed in the fighting.source
130 BCEConsul Marcus Perperna defeats Aristonicus in battle, besieges him at Stratonicea, dies at Pergamon.source
129 BCEThe Kingdom of Pergamon becomes the Roman Province of Asia upon the defeat of Aristonicus, pretender to the Attalid throne, by M. Perperna.source

1st century BC

75 BCEJulius Caesar travels to Rhodes to study under Apollonius Molon. On his way across the Aegean Sea, he is kidnapped by Cilician pirates and held prisoner in the Dodecanese islet of Pharmacusa. The young Caesar is held for a ransom of twenty talents, but he insists they ask for fifty. After his release Caesar raises a fleet at Miletus, pursues and crucifies the pirates in Pergamon.source

3rd century

262An earthquake strikes Ephesus and Pergamon and another strikes Cyrene.source

8th century

717Arab–Byzantine War: Muslim general Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik leads his army of 80,000 men from Pergamum to Abydos, where he crosses the Hellespont. To prevent interference by the Bulgars, or by any Byzantine forces in Thrace, he sends part of his army to a covering position near Adrianople; with his main body, Maslama builds siege lines to blockade Constantinople, which is protected by the massive Theodosian Walls.source

11th century

1056Theodosius, a nephew of the former Emperor Constantine IX, tries to usurp the Byzantine throne, and liberates all the prisoners who flock to his banner. With their support, he marches through the streets of Constantinople to the Palace. There, the Varangian Guard forms outside to stop him. Theodosius loses heart and heads for Hagia Sophia. Later he is captured, and exiled to Pergamon.source

12th century

1113Spring – Siege of Nicaea: Malik Shah, Seljuk ruler of the Sultanate of Rum, sends an expedition through Bithynia to the very walls of Nicaea. Seljuk forces raid Abydos on the Hellespont, with its rich custom-houses. Malik Shah attacks and captures Pergamum. Emperor Alexios I Komnenos sets out to meet the Seljuk invaders. He lifts the siege at Nicaea and wins a complete victory near Cotyaeum (modern Turkey).source
1147November – The combined forces of Louis VII and Conrad III meet at Lopardium and march along the coastal road via Pergamon and Smyrna to Ephesus, where they celebrate Christmas. Conrad, still suffering from his wounds, sails back to Constantinople to be placed under the care of Manuel's own physicians. Meanwhile, the Crusader camp is attacked by Turkish raiders near Ephesus.source