Following the conquest of Mesopotamia by the Persians, the Babylonian priesthood fled to Pergamum in Asia Minor. Here they erected the Acropolis temples of Pergamum in honor of the Greek Pantheon, but continued to worship the Babylonian mystery god under the name of Saturnus.   The Babylonian mysteries were preserved in the temple of Zeus at Pergamum and transfered to Rome in 133 B.C. The penetration of the religion of Babylon became so general that Rome was called "The New Babylon". [previous document] [back to Index] [next document] [Approaching the End] .