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Poseidonia/Paestum

a Pleiades place resource

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

Last modified Apr 27, 2020 10:40 AM — History

tags: dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement, UWHS, dare:ancient=1, colonia Latina

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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Base map by Ryan M. Horne for Pleiades and the Ancient World Mapping Center (ancient terrain after the Barrington Atlas). Map interaction design and implementation by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, and Tom Elliott for Pleiades.

Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442733

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.42064875, 15.00532475

Locations:

DARE Location (750 BC - AD 300)
DARMC location 18805 (750 BC - AD 300)

Names:

Paestum (Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)
Paestum (English, modern)
Παιστός (Paistos: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
Pestv̄ (Pestu: Latin, AD 640 - AD 1453)
Ποσειδωνία (Poseidonia: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 300)
Posidonia (Latin, 330 BC - 30 BC)

Poseidonia/Paestum makes connections with:

Poseidonia/Paestum connection Oenotri (unspecified date range)

Poseidonia/Paestum receives connections from:

Temple of Hera II (Neptune) at Poseidonia/Paestum (unspecified date range)
Temple of Athena at Paestum at Poseidonia/Paestum (unspecified date range)
Forum of Paestum connection Poseidonia/Paestum (unspecified date range)
Ekklesiasterion at Poseidonia/Paestum at Poseidonia/Paestum (unspecified date range)
Comitium of Poseidonia/Paestum at Poseidonia/Paestum (unspecified date range)
Temple of Hera I (the "Basilica") at Poseidonia/Paestum (unspecified date range)
Roman amphitheater at Paestum at Poseidonia/Paestum (30 BC - AD 300)
Underground Shrine (Paestum) at Poseidonia/Paestum (330 BC - 30 BC)
Porta Marina tower of Poseidonia/Paestum at Poseidonia/Paestum (unspecified date range)
Temple of Hera at Foce del Sele near Poseidonia/Paestum (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 45 B4 Poseidonia/Paestum

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Paestum

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Suggested citation:
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: 24 May 2020]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442733 |title=Places: 442733 (Poseidonia/Paestum) |author=Edlund Berry, I., A. Small |accessdate=May 24, 2020 10:47 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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