place
Paestum
also: Paestanus, sinus Paestanus, the Paestan gulf
Paestum (Greek Poseidonia), a coastal city of Lucania on the Tyrrhenian sea; the Paestan Gulf was one of the two open crossings Cicero made on his coasting voyage south from Campania in July 44 BC.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 16.6 §1 the Paestan and the Vibonensian
The two open gulfs along the coast of Lucania and Bruttium that a coasting ship had to cross, named for Paestum and for Vibo; crossing them "on an even keel" means with calm water and no rough passage.