Pergamum:
Reconstruction of the acropolis of Attalid Pergamum, Hellenistickingdom
in Asia Minor (c. 270-133 BC). Prime example of Hellenistic urban
planning, entailing adaptation of uneven sloping landscape to an axially
arranged complex of monumental structures. Besides the royal palace, the
site included the great library, the theater, the celebrated Altar of Zeus, and
temples to Dionysos and the Roman Emperor Trajan.
State
Gymnasium at Pergamum, the largest surviving gymnasium of the ancient world.
Gymnasia incorporated open earth exercise grounds and running tracks enclosed
by washrooms, classrooms, and ceremonial lecture halls. Gymnasia formed the
recursive institutions of Greco-Roman civilization.