PERGAMUS, though exceeding cruel method. Most of the cities in the kingdom had no other water than what was brought from a considerable distance in aqueducts. These Aquilius did not demolish, but poisoned the water, which produced the greatest abhorrence of him throughout all the east. At last, however, the whole country being reduced, Aquilius triumphed, the unhappy Ariftonicus was led in chains before his chariot, and probably ended his miserable life in a dungeon. The country remained subject to the Romans while their empire lasted, but is now in the hands of the Turks. The city is half ruined, and is still known by the name of Pergamus. It is inhabited by about 3000 Turks, and a few families of poor Christians. E. Long. 27. 27. N. Lat. 30. 3.