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According to legend,Trojans escaping from the fire and the destruction of their city,Troy, foundedSiris. Some of the inhabitants of the city later advanced westwards, following the vast valley of theSinni river, up to the lake and to the Sirino mountain (from which they took the name), near present-dayLagonegro, where they founded the city ofSiruci (now calledSeluce). From here, they went to theTyrrhenian Sea, on the beach of the Gulf of Policastro. Here they founded the colony ofPixous. This event is shown in a rare series of ancient coins, in archaic characters, with the names ofSirinos and Pixoes inscribed, referring respectively, to the populations of the two cities of Siris and Pixous, respectively. The name "Pixous" comes from the root "PYX", which derives from the Greek word forboxwood (present in the coat of arms of Pisciotta town hall).
In the year 194 BC, theGreek wordpixous became corrupted to theLatinBuxentum.
In AD 915, when the town was plundered and burnt by theSaracens ofAgropoli, the town's name had already changed toPolicastro. Many of the fleeing Bussetani went beyond the promontory ofPalinuro, where they founded a small village that they calledPixoctum, in memory of their lost town. Over the years the name had changed many times - Pixocta, then Pissocta, then Pichotta and finally Pisciotta.
The name of Pisciotta is found in theCatalogus Baronum (1144). The year 1464 marked for the country a very important development, when the survivors of Molpa, following the destruction of their village, were sheltered in Pisciotta. Until the abolition of feudality in 1806, Pisciotta was owned by theCaracciolos (1270), the Sanseverinos (15th century), the Pappacodas (from 1590).
Beginning in 1996 (or so), Pisciotta became host for a summer study-abroad program conducted through SUNY Purchase College.
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