Browse Items (30 total)

  • Collection: Paestum Archaeological Site & Museum

Amphitheater (2).jpg
Location: Paestum
Date: c. 100-50 BC
Details: The amphitheater at Paestum was built in the mid-late first century BC, making it one of the earliest extant Roman amphitheaters, and reflects the growing popularity of these structures in the late…

Attic Black-Figure Lekythos Depicting Theseus vs. Minotaur - Santa Venera Tomb 33, late 6th century BC.jpg
Location: National Archaeological Museum of Paestum
Date: late 6th century BC

Attic Red-Figure Pelike Depicting Athena - Santa Venera Tomb 245, 475-450 BC.jpg
Location: National Archaeological Museum of Paestum
Date: 475-450 BC
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Attic Red-Figure Pelike Depicting Dressing in the Palaestra, Santa Venera Tomb 174, 475-450 BC.jpg
Location: National Archaeological Museum of Paestum
Date: 475-450 BC
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Basilica.jpg
Location: Paestum
Date: second half of the second century BC
Details: In 273, the Romans established a Latin colony at Paestum. (The city was originally called Poseidonia by its Greek inhabitants.)

As in other Latin colonies, the settlers…

Battle Scene - Andriuolo Tomb 114, 330-320 BC.jpg
Location: National Archaeological Museum of Paestum
Date: 330-320 BC
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Boxing, Hunter, Seahorse - Arcioni Tomb 71, Q1 of 4th Century BC.jpg
Location: National Archaeological Museum of Paestum
Date: First quarter of the fourth century BC
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Cockerel - Vannuolo Tomb 4, c. 350 BC.jpg
Location: National Archaeological Museum of Paestum
Date: c. 350 BC
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Comitium wide, temple of Bona Mens visible on left.jpg
Location: Paestum
Date: 273 BC
Details: In 273, the Romans established a Latin colony at Paestum. (The city was originally called Poseidonia, then, after the take over by an Italian people called Lucanians, it was called Paistos, from which name…

Deceased Woman on Funeral Couch - Andriuolo Tomba 53, 350-330 BC.jpg
Location: National Archaeological Museum of Paestum
Date: 350-330 BC
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