Large archaeological site of a harbour city near Rome, Italy
For the district of Rome, see Ostia Antica (district).
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Ostia Antica (lit.'Ancient Ostia') was an ancient Roman city and the port of Rome located at the mouth of the Tiber. It is near modern Ostia, 25 km (16 mi)) southwest of Rome. Due to silting and the invasion of sand, the site now lies 3 km (2 mi) from the sea.[2] The name Ostia (the plural of ostium) derives from Latin os 'mouth'.
Ostia is now a large archaeological site noted for the excellent preservation of its ancient buildings, magnificent frescoes and impressive mosaics. The city's decline after antiquity led to harbor deterioration, marshy conditions, and reduced population. Sand dunes covering the site aided its preservation. Its remains provide insights into a city of commercial importance. As in Pompeii, Ostia's ruins provide details about Roman urbanism that are not accessible within the city of Rome itself.[3]
^"History - Ostia Antica". www.ostiaantica.beniculturali.it. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
^Ostia-Introduction http://www.ostia-antica.org/intro.htm Archived 2017-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
^Gates, Charles (2011). Ancient cities: the archaeology of urban life in the ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece and Rome (2nd ed.). London [u.a]: Routledge. pp. 367–370. ISBN 978-0-203-83057-4.
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mysteries and have adventures in OstiaAntica, Rome, Greece, and beyond: Flavia, a rich Roman girl who lives in Ostia; Nubia, a freed slave girl from Africa;...
at the OstiaAntica excavation site, where she met her third husband Guido Calza. She published many books on the archaeological sites in Ostia and was...
hypocaust, mica glazing (examples in OstiaAntica), and piped hot and cold water (examples in Pompeii and Ostia). Despite the technical developments of...
parish of Ostia (Sant'Aurea in OstiaAntica), which, however, in 2012 was divided into two parishes, who together form the present diocese of Ostia. See:...
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kilometres (19 mi) from the city of Rome to its important sea port of OstiaAntica, from which it took its name. The road began near the Forum Boarium,...
front. An example can be seen in the House of the Painted Vaults in OstiaAntica. Embedded in this counter were dolia, earthenware jars used to store...
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website (in Italian) Ostia - Virtual Museum (photographs of objects found in Ostia and Portus) Media related to Museo Ostiense (OstiaAntica) at Wikimedia Commons...
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