| Toponym TP (renewed): | Pestum (Paestum) |
| Name (modern): | Paestum |
| Image: | ![]() To the image detail |
| Toponym before | Salerno |
| Toponym following | Cesernia |
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| Image (Scheyb 1753) | --- |
| Image (Welser 1598) | --- |
| Image (MSI 2025) | --- |
| Pleiades: | https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442733 |
| Area: | Italy |
| Toponym Type: | Isolated Name |
| Grid square: | 5B5 / 6B1 |
| Toponym Color: | black |
| Vignette Type : | --- |
| Itinerary: |   |
| Alternative Name (Lexica): | Poseidonia, Paistos, Paestum (DNP) |
| Name A (RE): | Poseidonia [3] Paestum |
| Name B (Barrington Atlas): | Poseidonia/Paestum (45 B4) |
| Name C (TIR/TIB/others): |   |
| Name D (Miller): | Pestū |
| Name E (Levi): |   |
| Name F (Ravennate): | Pestum (p. 69.33; 85.29) |
| Name G (Ptolemy): | Παῖστον (3,1,8) |
| Plinius: | oppidum Paestum, Graecis Posidonia (3,71) |
| Strabo: | Ποσειδωνία = Παῖστος (5,4,13; 6,1,1) |
| Dating from Toponym on TP: | Classic (5th/4th century BC) |
| Argument for Dating: | Erste überlieferte literarische Erwähnung des Ortes als Ποσειδωνία bei Herodot, als Παῖστος bei Strabo und in der lateinischen Form Paestum bei Plinius dem Älteren. |
| Commentary on the Toponym: |
Antike Namensformen: |
| References: |
[1] Desjardin, Table, p. 232, col. 3, no. 1 - p. 233, col. 1. |
| Last Update: | 20.11.2025 17:33 |
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