Poseidonia/Paestum
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors:
Robert B Camp, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Alex Biad, Jeffrey Becker, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, John Muccigrosso, Keri Lynne Porter, Noura Alavi, R. Talbert, Levi Noble
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History
A major Greco-Roman center of south Italy, Poseidonia/Paestum was originally founded by Greeks from Sybaris in the seventh century BC, who named the settlement Poseidonia. After the Pyrrhic war, the city became a Latin colony named Paestum ca. 273 BC.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442733
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- DARMC location 18805 (750 BC - AD 300)
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 300)
- Poseidonia/Paestum connection Oenotri (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Hera II (Neptune) located at Poseidonia/Paestum (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Athena at Paestum located at Poseidonia/Paestum (unspecified date range)
- Forum of Paestum connection Poseidonia/Paestum (unspecified date range)
- Ekklesiasterion at Poseidonia/Paestum located at Poseidonia/Paestum (unspecified date range)
- Comitium of Poseidonia/Paestum located at Poseidonia/Paestum (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Hera I (the "Basilica") located at Poseidonia/Paestum (unspecified date range)
- Roman amphitheater at Paestum located at Poseidonia/Paestum (30 BC - AD 300)
- Underground Shrine (Paestum) located at Poseidonia/Paestum (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Porta Marina tower of Poseidonia/Paestum located at Poseidonia/Paestum (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Hera at Foce del Sele located near Poseidonia/Paestum (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- Alberghina 2020
- AttiMGrecia 27 (1987)
- BAtlas 45 B4 Poseidonia/Paestum
- Brun 1998
- EAH: Paestum (Poseidonia)
- Gottlieb 1953
- Greco 1983
- Greco and Theodorescu 1980
- Greco et al. 1983
- Greco et al. 1987
- Greco et al. 1999
- Greco et al. 2003
- Guidobaldi, M. 1994. "PAESTUM." In Enciclopedia Italiana - V Appendice
- Johannowsky 1983
- Longo 2012
- Mitchell 1985
- New Pauly Paestum
- New Pauly Poseidonia, Paistos, Paestum
- PECS (Perseus) PAESTUM (Pesto) Campania, Italy
- Pedley 1990
- Pedley and Torelli 1984
- Pedley et al. 1993
- Piganiol 1944
- Poseidonia Paestum. V
- RE Poseidonia/ Paestum 3
- Rouveret 1975
- SEG 12-412
- Sewell 2010
- Smith 1854 (Perseus) PAESTUM
- Stefan 2007
- ToposText Paestum (Italy)
- Torelli 1996
- Torelli 1999 43
- Torelli 2019
- Trendall 1959
- WHL 842: Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula
- Wikipedia (English) Paestum
- Wonder 2002
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 45 B4 Poseidonia/Paestum
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Paestum
I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small, Robert B Camp, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Alex Biad, Jeffrey Becker, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, John Muccigrosso, Keri Lynne Porter, Noura Alavi, R. Talbert, and Levi Noble, 'Poseidonia/Paestum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442733> [accessed: 14 May 2021]
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