Cette thèse de doctorat traite de l’histoire de Poseidonia, une cité grecque d’Italie du Sud fondée vers 600 av. J.-C. Elle étudie son histoire sur les trois siècles de son existence à partir de toutes les sources documentaires qu’il est possible de réunir. Cette partie forme le contexte historique sur lequel s’appuie l’histoire monétaire de la cité grecque. La seconde partie répertorie et classe toutes les monnaies qui ont été frappées par Poseidonia entre 530 av. J.-C., date à laquelle elle inaugure un monnayage d’argent selon la technique incuse, jusqu’aux derniers bronzes émis par la cité dans les premières années du IIIe siècle. Elle analyse sa politique monétaire et ses réformes, et les replace dans le contexte historique. / This thesis is about the history of Poseidonia, a Greek colony of Southern Italy founded c. 600 B.C. It studies her history on the three centuries of her existence from every source which is possible to find. This first part forms the historical context on which the monetary history of the city relies on. The second part catalogues and classifies all coins that have been minted by Poseidonia between 530 B.C., when the coinage appears following the incuse technique, up to the last bronzes minted in the first years of the third century B.C. It analyses the monetary policy and reforms, and place them in their historical context.

La frontière d’une cité grecque coloniale en Italie méridionale est abordée par l’utilisation de plusieurs types de sources et par l’utilisation de concepts modernes. La première partie est consacrée à une discussion bibliographique et méthodologique à propos des études du territoire et de la frontière dans le monde grec. La deuxième partie porte sur la définition que les Grecs pouvaient avoir de la frontière d’une cité coloniale, aussi bien les signes matériels que le témoignage littéraire en ce qui concerne la conception de la frontière et son imaginaire. La frontière entre deux cités était conçue de manière plus précise que les rapports de voisinage entre les Grecs et les indigènes. Finalement, dans la troisième partie sont analysées les données des cités coloniales, notamment l’exemple de Poseidonia. L’examen minutieux de la totalité des sites de son territoire a été poursuivi dans le contexte plus large de nos connaissances sur les cités achéennes de Grande Grèce Sybaris et Métaponte. Nous avons pu conclure que la frontière est une construction chronologique qui a lieu à partir de la fin du VIIe siècle et atteint son point culminant au Ive avant notre ère. / The frontier of a colonial Greek city is approached by the use of several types of documentation and by the use of modern concepts. The first part is dedicated to a discussion of the bibliography and methodology about the study of the territory and the frontier in the Greek world. The second part concerns the definition Greeks could have of the frontier of a colonial city, both the material culture and the literary evidence related to the conception of a frontier and its representation. The frontier between two cities was conceived in a more precise manner than the relations of neighborhood between Greeks and natives. Eventually, in the third part, data from colonial cities, mainly Poseidonia, is analyzed. The consideration of the totality of the sites in its territory was pursued in the larger context of our knowledge on Achaian cities Sybaris and Metapontum. We could come to the conclusion that the frontier is a chronological construction which takes place progressively from the end of 7th century to reach its culminant point in the 4th century BCE.

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

This study provides an abstract look at the movement of Greek religion into Magna Graecia with the arrival of Achaean settlers in Southern Italy. Through an investigation into the proliferation of sanctuary construction in the nonurban territory of the colonies, it is evident that the sanctuaries were not only used for religious purposes, and served as symbols of the authority of the city. Metaponto, Croton, Sybaris, and Poseidonia are the colonies in question, whose systematic development relied on the construction of these sacred compounds. This study takes a twofold approach; by investigating the physical placement of sanctuaries in various areas around the chora, their functions will be extrapolated. In the Achaean colonies in Southern Italy, sanctuaries in the nonurban territory did have a sacred significance, but more importantly they demonstrated ownership over the areas they presided over, and thus aided in the delineation of the chora. Nonurban sanctuaries also held the responsibility of sustaining order amongst the outlying populations, bringing together Greeks and indigenous and serving as a mediator amongst them. Furthermore, the sanctuaries positioned at the frontiers of the territory strongly demonstrated the identity of the Greeks, reinforcing their claim to the land. Thus, dissimilar to their counterparts on mainland Greece, the sanctuaries constructed in the nonurban territory of the Achaean colonies were part of a clearly defined development plan, and serviced the political necessities of the Greeks above all. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)

The city of Poseidonia-Paestum on the Italian peninsula has a long and manifold history throughout Antiquity. The city was founded by Greek settlers in the seventh century BC, put under Lucanian rule around 400 BC, and was finally colonized by the Romans in the year of 273 BC. This study aims to connect the tangible traces of history to the intangible feelings for a place and explore how these elements give rise to the psychological process of place attachment. The concept holds and interdisciplinary potential and thus is possible to apply to the ancient material from Poseidonia-Paestum. The Greek agora, the Roman forum and the extramural Sanctuary of Santa Venera is approached and analysed from this perspective. A close reading of previous research on place attachment in combination with the archaeological record from Poseidonia-Paestum has formed the basis for analysing the material. This study has shown that it is possible to contextualize the theoretical framework of place attachment in an ancient material by pointing out the semiotic potency of the material remains from Poseidonia-Paestum. Through this perspective new questions have been raised and interpreted. Ultimately, a deeper understanding of the attitudes and ideas that formed the basis of human actions and decisions in the ancient city of Poseidonia-Paestum has been reached.