Rev 2:12 Pergamum was one of the most important cities in Asia Minor, today’s western Turkey, and was also the official centre of the Roman Empire. Pergamum was also famous for its large library, which contained 200,000 books, and for inventing parchment when the Egyptians stopped exporting papyrus. “Pergamum” means “fortress” and the city was a very strong “stronghold” for …
