Paestum [site]

unknown (Greek (ancient))
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/128961
Date
-599--400
Description
The Temple of Neptune, view on axis with the center line, looking east towards the Apennines, depicting alignment with mountain ridge; Ancient city was established by Greek colonists from Sybaris, who called it Poseidonia; taken by Lucanians 5th cen. BCE & by Romans 273 BCE; was famous for its roses; was destroyed by Saracens 871 AD; now site of the village of Pesto. Source: Thesaurus of Geographic Names (Notes) [website]; http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/ (accessed 2/14/2008)
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excavation (site)
Subject
Archaic (Greek)
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