https://gabrieldavidbaker.com/digital-exhibit/files/original/678ccba405e7e32dccb05c694387c6f5.jpg 2b05e0111f9d94c6ecd1e30bfd21e1c3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Photo by Gabriel Baker. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Paestum Archaeological Site & Museum Description An account of the resource Poseidonia (later known as Paestum) was established around 600 BC by colonists from Sybaris, an older Greek colony on the south Italian coast. The town seems to have flourished in the intervening centuries, judging from its significant architectural remains--most famously its three large temples, of which impressive ruins survive. By 400 BC the city had taken on a large number of Lucanians, an Italian people from the surrounding region that spoke an Oscan language. While ancient authors like Strabo (and many modern authors) depict this as a Lucanian "conquest" or "occupation," most scholars now posit that the two cultures existed side-by-side, producing new, blended traditions (as seen in e.g. their tomb paintings). From 280-275 BC, the city sided with Pyrrhus of Epirus, a warrior-king who invaded from the Greek east, in his war against Rome. The Romans were ultimately victorious, and Poseidonia/Paestum became the site of a Roman colony in 273 BC. As a Roman colony, the civic architecture significantly changed to fall more in line with Roman models, pointing to the power and influence of the new Roman colonists. The city remained inhabited well into the Roman imperial period and into the early middle ages, though it was gradually abandoned by the seventh century. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gabriel Baker Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ekklesiaterion or Bouleuterion Description An account of the resource Location: Paestum Date: fifth century BC Details: In many Greek cities, the ekklesiaterion was a building that hosted meetings of the ekklesia, the assembly of all adult male citizens. The bouleuterion was a building designated for the boule, usually about 500 leading councilmen. This building may be either, though its size perhaps points towards the latter. The building was certainly in use when Paestum (or Poseidonia) was a Greek city, and continued in use after the Lucanians (a local Italian people) had become prominent in the city population. The building was demolished and thus fell out of use when the Roman colony was installed in 273 BC, after which political gravity shifted towards the forum, comitium, and curia. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gabriel Baker Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License