Ostia Antica

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Rome's river-mouth port and the physical junction between the sea network and the city. Its excavated warehouses, guild offices and the mosaic-floored Piazzale delle Corporazioni show shipping associations from across the Mediterranean operating in one square. Ostia silted and was superseded by Trajan's artificial hexagonal harbour at Portus, which is the practical answer to how a city of several hundred thousand ate.

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Roman EmpireHistory

Evidence · 2

Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See... and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
Frontinus, De aquaeductu urbis Romae (On the Water Supply of the City of Rome)

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Romesupplies

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