Pergamon

The ancient Greek city of Pergamon is located in modern day Bergama. It supported Rome in its wars against the Macedonians and the Seleucids, and was able to become a sizable independent kingdom in Asia Minor from 282 - 133 B.C. Its last king, Attalus III, bequeathed the kingdom to Rome on his deathbed, providing the Roman Empire a foothold to launch its conquest of Asia Minor. Above is a picture of the Temple of Trajan.

Pergamon puppies!

Bergama is also home to the Red Basilica. Once a temple of Serapis, a Graeco-Egyptian god invented by Ptolemy I to unify the two cultures, it was converted into a church, and later, a mosque. The Red Basilica is one of the seven churches of the Apocalypse in the Book of Revelation; it is said to be the dwelling place of Satan and the location of his throne. Pergamon is located on the top of a hill overlooking the city Bergama, and when dozens of calls to prayer occur at the same time and echo through the valley bellow, it isn't a stretch of the imagination to think their combined dissonant wail is the bellows of some terrifying creature bellow the basilica.