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Perge experienced two golden ages: during the Hellenistic period in the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC and under the Romans in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. Archaeologists first began excavations here in 1946 and a selection of the statues discovered, can be seen at the Antalya Archaelogy Museum.

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Excavations in Perge's original settlement on the acropolis date it to the early Bronze Age, 4000-3000 BC. The settlement probably became a Greek colony of Rhodes in the 7th c. BC. Perge was later a Pamphylian Greek city, and came under successive rule by Persians, Athenians, and Persians again. In 540 BC Perge, along with the other cities in Pamphylia was captured by the Achaemenid Empire. Alexander the Great, after taking Phaselis, was welcomed in Perge with his army in 334 BC. The walls around the lower city were built in the period starting from 223 BC. In the 2nd century BC the city became prosperous and started minting its own coins with the image of Artemis and her temple. Perge became renowned for the worship of Artemis, whose temple stood on a hill outside the town, and in whose honour annual festivals were celebrated.

133 BC Perge came under Roman rule. After 25 BC, the Romans built the Via Sebaste linking Pisidian Antioch in Galatia with Perge. When the Romans first incorporated Perge into the empire, the city was a part of the Province of Galatia. After the Flavian Dynasty was founded by Emperor Vespasian, the city became a part of the Lycia et Pamphylia province. Vespasian also granted the city the rank of neocorate which made the city in charge of the imperial cult. During the 2nd century AD there was a construction boom in the city, fueled by Pax Romana and excessive wealth. The city center was expanded to the South side of the city and new monuments were erected. Perge also had many philanthropists during the Roman Empire period who financed the construction of monumental structures.

Under the Romans from the 1st to the 3rd century AD Perge became a magnificent city with many impressive buildings. It became one of the most beautiful towns in Anatolia, competing with Side for the status of most important town in Pamphylia. Plancia Magna (died 122 AD), daughter of the governor Marcus Plancius Varus, was the greatest benefactor and instigator of public buildings and was honoured with statues erected by the town council.

In 46 AD, according to the Acts of the Apostles, St. Paul journeyed to Perge. Paul and Barnabas came to Perge during their first missionary journey, but probably stayed there only a short time, and do not seem to have preached there, it was there that John Mark left Paul to return to Jerusalem. On his return from Pisidia, Paul preached at Perge. As the Cestrus silted up over the late Roman era, Perge declined as a secular city. In the first half of the 4th century, during the reign of Constantine the Great (324-337), Perge became an important centre of Christianity, which soon became the official religion of the Roman Empire.

The last period of prosperity for Perge came in the 5th and the 6th centuries, when the city
had a rank of a bishopric. In the following century the decline of Perge had set in. With the
Arab invasions of Asia Minor in the 8th century, Perge was finally laid in ruins and was never
rebuilt. Many items from Perge are now seen in the Archaeological Museum in Antalya.

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