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Ekklesiasterion at Poseidonia/Paestum

a Pleiades place resource

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The seat of the popular assembly of Poseidonia/Paestum, the Ekklesiasterion was built ca. 480-470 B.C. and could accommodate, at most, 1,700 persons. The structure retained its function after the Lucanian conquest but was abandoned, buried, and built over after the Roman conquest.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/73180224

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.423345, 15.0061875

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of ekklesiasterion (550 BC - 330 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Ekklesiasterion at Poseidonia/Paestum located at Poseidonia/Paestum (unspecified date range)

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Place type:
ekklesiasterion

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Wikipedia (English) Ekklesiasterion

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Ekklesiasterion at Poseidonia/Paestum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2017 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/73180224> [accessed: 16 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/73180224 |title=Places: 73180224 (Ekklesiasterion at Poseidonia/Paestum) |author=Becker, J., T. Elliott |accessdate=April 16, 2024 6:52 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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