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The "Pergamon table": a kind of magical instrument. In each of the triangle's corners is a depiction of a goddess, labelled above with an epithet ('Διώνη', 'Φοίβη', and 'Νυχίη') and below with a participle 'ἀμ(ε)ίβουσα'. Based on these labels, the figures' attire (χιτών and girdle,) and the accessories they carry (key, torches, whip, serpent, and sword), the goddesses have been identified with the three aspects of triple Hekate.

Silver Tetradrachm of Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 120-63 BC. (16.83 g), Pergamon, year 208 of the Bithyno-Pontic era, 9th month = June 89 BC. Diademed head of Mithradates VI to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - MIΘPAΔATOY / EYΠATOPOΣ Pegasus grazing left; in field to left, star-in-crescent (Pontic royal badge); to right, HΣ (year) above monogram; in exergue, Θ (month); all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit.

Note 📝: Pergamon (or Pergamum) was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city located in Aeolis, in modern-day Turkey. It's known for its impressive acropolis, a magnificent theater, and its role as the capital of the Attalid dynasty and later a significant Roman city. Today, the ruins of Pergamon are a UNESCO World Heritage site, attracting visitors with its well-preserved remnants of Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods.

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Pergamus is the youngest son of Neoptolemus and Andromache, brother to Molossus and Pielus.

Some sources state that Andromache returned to Asia minor with Pergamus after Neoptolemus had died.

📜 VOCI DI ROMA

IL TESTAMENTO DI ATTALO III

"Era frattanto morto Attalo Filometore ed Eudemo di Pergamo ne portò a Roma il testamento nel quale era stato indicato come erede del re il popolo romano. Subito Tiberio [Gracco], per favorire il popolo, presentò una proposta di legge in virtù della quale le ricchezze del re, portate a Roma, dovevano essere distribuite ai cittadini cui erano toccate in sorte le terre per le spese d'impianto e di avvio delle attività agricole. Per quel che riguardava invece le città del regno di Attalo, egli affermò che non era di competenza del Senato prendere decisioni, ma che ne avrebbe personalmente riferito al popolo.

Fu soprattutto per questo che il Senato si sentì offeso".

✍️ Plutarco, Vite di Tiberio e Caio Gracco, 14 (a cura di Domenico Magnino), BUR, Milano 1991.