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MAGNA GRECIA - PAESTUM - #305 - Explore june 25, 2025

Fondata dai greci intorno al 600 A.C., si chiamava inizialmente Poseidonia, da Poseidone, o Nettuno, dio del mare, al quale la città era stata dedicata. Tra il 400 e il 273 A.C. fu occupata dalla popolazione italica dei lucani. Divenne in seguito colonia romana col nome di Paestum. La fine dell’Impero Romano coincise grosso modo con la fine della città. Verso il 500 infatti, in seguito ad un’epidemia di malaria, aggravata dall’insalubrità del territorio, gli abitanti gradualmente abbandonarono la città. La riscoperta di Paestum risale al 1762, quando fu costruita la strada moderna che l’attraversa tuttora.

 

Founded by the Greeks around 600 BC, it was initially called Poseidonia, from Poseidon, or Neptune, god of the sea, to whom the city was dedicated. Between 400 and 273 BC it was occupied by the Italic population of Lucanians. It later became a Roman colony with the name of Paestum. The end of the Roman Empire coincided roughly with the end of the city. In fact, around 500 AD, following a malaria epidemic, aggravated by the unhealthiness of the territory, the inhabitants gradually abandoned the city. The rediscovery of Paestum dates back to 1762, when the modern road that still crosses it was built.

 

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