Ergasteria
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 39.728, 27.596
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: inland town of ancient Mysia
History
Ergasteria was an inland town of ancient Mysia on the road from Pergamum to Cyzicus, 440 stadia from Pergamum. It was noted by Galen as near a source of a metallic substance he called molybdaena. It was also known for silver mining in antiquity.