The site of Paestum was occupied during prehistory. Near the basilica were found objects dating from the Paleolithic to the Bronze Age; near Porta Giustizia, remains of huts have been discovered; At the temple of Athena and towards …
It is towards 560 BC that Poseidonia begins his golden age. It is first of all the withdrawal of the influence of the Etruscans north of the shore of the Sele that allowed the city to …
It was in 273 BC that Rome made Paestum a colony. Like her neighbor Velia, her role was in need of providing ships and sailors to the Romans.
It was thus probably involved near Rome during the 1st Punic …
According to Strabon, a nearby river, Salsa (the current Capodifiume, near the southern wall and spanned by a bridge from the 4th century BC), created a marsh and changed Paestum into an unhealthy place .
It was the gradual …
