Editing Pergamon (section)

====Sanctuary of Asclepius (Asclepieion)====
{{Main|Asclepieion of Pergamon}}

[[File:Pergamon Acropolis.jpg|thumb|right|View of Acropolis from the Sanctuary of Asclepius]]
{{convert | 3 | km | abbr=off | spell=In}} south of the Acropolis (at 39° 7′ 9″ N, 27° 9′ 56″ E), down in the valley, is the Sanctuary of [[Asclepius]], the god of healing. The Sanctuary of Asclepius, more commonly left untranslated [[Asclepieion]] (from Greek), or sometimes Asclepium (from Latin), was approached along an {{Convert | 1=820 | 2=m | adj=on}} colonnaded sacred way. In this place people with health problems could bathe in the water of the sacred spring, and in the patients' dreams Asclepius would appear in a vision to tell them how to cure their illness. Archeology has found many gifts and dedications that people would make afterwards, such as small terracotta body parts, no doubt representing what had been healed. [[Galen]], the most famous doctor in the ancient Roman Empire and personal physician of Emperor [[Marcus Aurelius]], worked in the Asclepieion for many years.<ref>Tucker, p. 36.</ref> 

Notable extant structures in the Asclepieion include:
* the Roman theater
* the North Stoa
* the South Stoa
* the Temple of Asclepius
** in some sources, referred to as the Temple of Zeus Asclepius, or the Temple of Zeus Asclepius Soter ([[Soter|"Soter" being an epithet meaning "savior"]]), since there is evidence that {{Ill|L. Cuspius Pactumeius Rufinus|de}}, who constructed the temple, dedicated it to this new syncretic god<ref>{{
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| access-date=2023-09-17
| date=April 2016
| degree=PhD
| first=Ghislaine E. [Elisabeth] van der
| institution=[[University of Warwick]]
| last=Ploeg
| page=142
| quote=It would seem that Hadrian had a definite impact upon the Pergamene sanctuary and this is best articulated in the creation of a new god here, the syncretic universal deity Zeus-Asclepius to whom a temple was built on site
| title=The Impact of the Roman Empire on the Cult of Asclepius
| url=http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/79956
}}</ref><ref>{{
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| author3=Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
| first1=Christian
| first2=Michael
| isbn=9783110011975
| issn=1868-9876
| language=de
| last1=Habicht
| last2=Wörrle
| number=3
| oclc=2517016
| page=13
| publication-place=Berlin
| publisher=Walter de Gruyter & Co.
| series=Altertümer von Pergamon
| title=Die Inschriften des Asklepieions
| url=https://archive.org/details/dieinschriftende0000habi/page/12/mode/2up
| volume=8
| year=1969
}}</ref><ref>{{
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| access-date=2023-09-17
| chapter=Rebuilding the Myth of Asklepios at the Sanctuary of Epidauros in the Roman Period
| date=2010
| editor1-first=A. D.
| editor1-last=Rizakēs
| editor2-first=Cl. E.
| editor2-last=Lepenioti
| first1=Milena
| isbn=9789607905543
| last1=Melfi
| location=Athēna
| oclc=50169190
| pages=329–340
| publisher=Kentron Hellēnikēs kai Rōmaikēs Archaiotētos
| series=Roman Peloponnese
| title=Economy and Culture under the Roman Empire: Continuity and Innovation
| url=https://www.academia.edu/1397676
| volume=3
}}</ref>
* a circular treatment center (sometimes known as the Temple of Telesphorus)
* a healing spring
* an underground passageway
* a library
* the Via Tecta (or the Sacred Way, which is a colonnaded street leading to the sanctuary)
* a [[Propylaea|propylon]]