Paes·tum (p s t m, p stm) An ancient city of southern Italy on the Gulf of Salerno. Founded as a Greek colony before 600 b.c., it flourished as part of Magna Graecia and was taken by Rome in 273 b.c. |
Paestum [ˈpɛstəm]
n
(Placename) an ancient Greek colony on the coast of Lucania in S Italy
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