id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-1753 Gongylos - Wikipedia .html text/html 1085 203 70 After the defeat of the Second Persian invasion of Greece in 479 BCE, Gongylos was forced to flee and take refuge in the Achaemenid Empire.[4] There, Xerxes granted him the territory of Pergamon in Asia Minor from circa 470-460 BCE as a reward.[2] His descendants ruled over the city until at least 400 BCE, forming the Gongylid dynasty of satraps.[4] Gongylos was one of the several Greek aristocrats who took refuge in the Achaemenid Empire following reversals at home, other famous ones being Hippias, Demaratos, and Themistocles.[3] In general, those were generously welcomed by the Achaemenid kings, and received land grants to support them, and ruled over various cities of Asia Minor.[3] It is thought that the Greek dynasts of Pergamon were punished following the Peace of Antalcidas in 386 BCE for their support of the Greeks against the Achaemenids.[4] However, by the mid-4th century BCE, the Achaemenid satrap Orontes again allowed the people of Pergamon to settle on the acropolis of their city.[4] This lasted until the conquests of Alexander the Great, when Pergamon became part of the Macedonian Empire.[4] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1753.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1753.txt