CLAS 21405 Lecture 14: Topography of Ostia Part 1
14 Sep 2017
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Ostia is at the point where the tiber river meets the mediterranean sea: ostia was originally founded in this location to exploit the salt deposits in the marsh area around the mouth of the tiber. R: ome"s mythological history puts the foundation during the monarchy, but the evidence in. Ostia itself seems to indicate an origin around the 3rd century bc. It is, however, sometimes able to be seen on certain approaches into rome"s leonardo di. Vinci international airport in fiumicino just a few miles from the harbors and ostia: the construction of the harbors resulted in an economic boom for the city of ostia. These job attracted many people from rome and the latin countryside. Most of the buildings visible today in ostia are from the reigns of trajan"s immediate successors: hadrian and antoninus pius. It was under those emperors that the real economic boom hit ostia. The rest of the empire was also thriving economically during that period.
