https://gabrieldavidbaker.com/digital-exhibit/files/original/77e97cd9170752dc525f66f18e8bdbe2.jpg 18ad2a1d73cfe5ae7c0d90f612485840 https://gabrieldavidbaker.com/digital-exhibit/files/original/772e1d5d33f7a86c9fe7397858081696.jpg ba45450550f28e8692a2da35f657593e https://gabrieldavidbaker.com/digital-exhibit/files/original/cefd69bd4c958402f666ac97f123e7f3.jpg 8e6ffe9669b9797ac6bb660c07c04dbd https://gabrieldavidbaker.com/digital-exhibit/files/original/95b946671ccec7b3ba2538e3c9dfa473.jpg df4937dba8bd9e6e5ed2f72c6b9c5909 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 Temple of Athena Description An account of the resource Location: Paestum Date: c. 500 BC Details: This archaic Greek temple was built in the Greek colony of Poseidonia (later called Paestum), which was probably established in southern Italy around 600 BC. The remains are one of the oldest standing structures in Paestum's ruins. It was originally believed to be a temple to the goddess Ceres, but numerous findings of terracottas depicting Athena suggest that the temple was dedicated to her. An interesting feature of the temple is that the outer columns are in the Doric style--i.e. there is no base to the columns and there is limited decoration at the top. However, there were two interior columns (neither of which is standing) in the Ionic style--i.e. they had bases and decorated capitals. This may suggest that the temple was built during a period of architectural transition. 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