Settlement
Poseidonia / Paestum
Poseidonia / Paestum: settlement of the ancient world (Campania, Italy).
SettlementKind
Archaic periodFirst recorded · 750 BC – 550 BC
Middle AgesLast recorded · AD 640 – AD 1453
PaestumNearest town · 0.2 km
On the map
Position: 40.4209, 15.0051
Through the eras
Before 750 BC
Archaic period750 BC – 550 BC✓
Classical period550 BC – 330 BC✓
Hellenistic period330 BC – 30 BC✓
Roman period30 BC – AD 300✓
Late AntiquityAD 300 – AD 640✓
Middle AgesAD 640 – AD 1453✓
About the site
Names: Poseidonia · Paestum
Greeks from Sybaris originally founded Poseidonia/Paestum, a major Greco-Roman center of south Italy, in the seventh-century BCE. It was originally named Poseidonia. After the Pyrrhic war, the city became a Latin colony named Paestum ca. 273 BCE.
Other ancient sites nearby
Forum of PaestumArchaeological site · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity
0.1 kmTemple of Hera IITemple or sanctuary · Classical period – Late Antiquity
0.1 kmComitium of Poseidonia / PaestumArchaeological site · Hellenistic period – Roman period
0.1 kmTemple of Hera ITemple or sanctuary · Archaic period – Late Antiquity
0.2 kmRoman amphitheater at PaestumTheatre or arena · Roman period
0.2 kmUnderground ShrineTemple or sanctuary · Classical period – Hellenistic period
0.3 kmTemple of Athena at PaestumTemple or sanctuary · Classical period – Late Antiquity
0.4 kmCapodifiumeTemple or sanctuary
4.6 kmCapaccioTemple or sanctuary · Archaic period – Classical period
6.5 kmCastello di AgropoliFort · Late Antiquity – Middle Ages
7.6 kmAgropoliSettlement · Classical period – Roman period
7.9 kmTemple of Hera at Foce del SeleTemple or sanctuary · Archaic period – Roman period
8.1 kmThe same kind in the region
Cities and settlements
PompeiiArchaic period – Roman period
PompeiParthenope / NeapolisArchaic period – Late Antiquity
NaplesHerculaneumClassical period – Late Antiquity
ErcolanoBeneventum / MaleventumHellenistic period – Middle Ages
BeneventoDikaiarcheia / PuteoliArchaic period – Late Antiquity
PozzuoliCumae / KymeArchaic period – Late Antiquity
PozzuoliCapuaArchaic period – Late Antiquity
CapuaCalesClassical period – Late Antiquity
SparaniseNuceriaArchaic period – Late Antiquity
Nocera SuperioreAeclanumHellenistic period – Middle Ages
Passo di Mirabella-PianopantanoNolaArchaic period – Late Antiquity
NolaVelia / EleaArchaic period – Roman period
Castellammare di Velia