The great library of Pergamon, founded by the Attalid kings as a rival to Alexandria, is the second most famous ancient library and yet receives almost no attention outside specialist scholarship. Its rivalry with Alexandria supposedly drove the development of parchment when Alexandria embargoed papyrus exports.
The great library of Pergamon, founded by the Attalid kings as a rival to Alexandria, is the second most famous ancient library and yet receives almost no attention outside specialist scholarship. Its rivalry with Alexandria supposedly drove the development of parchment when Alexandria embargoed papyrus exports.