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    Ostia Antica (lit. 'Ancient Ostia') is 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)...
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    initials Z. XXXV and it is distinct from Ostia. Ostia Antica belongs to Municipio X. Under the Romans, Ostia Antica reached a peak of some 75,000 inhabitants...
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    port of Rome, which is now a major archaeological site known as Ostia Antica. Ostia is also the only municipio or district of Rome on the Tyrrhenian...
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  • dictionary. Antica may refer to: Ostia Antica, an archaeological site that is the location of the harbour city of ancient Rome Via Appia Antica (Appian Way)...
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    The preservation and extensive excavations at Ostia Antica have brought to light 26 different bath complexes in the town. These range from large public...
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    Painted Vaults. Ostia Antica. mid-3rd century CE. West wall painting. Excavation photo. Fressco. House of the Painted Vaults. Ostia Antica. mid-3rd century...
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    as a model for the well-known Serapeum in his villa. The Serapeum of Ostia Antica was inaugurated in 127 CE and dedicated to the syncretic cult of Jupiter...
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    cheapest to rent. Other examples outside of Rome are the insulae at Ostia Antica. They provide an insight into what an insula may have been like during...
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  • Ostia) of Rome Ostia Antica, a township and port of ancient Rome Ostia Antica (district), a district of the commune of Rome Ostia (film), a 1970 Italian...
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    by about 3 km (2 mi), since Roman times, leaving the ancient port of Ostia Antica 6 kilometres (4 miles) inland. However, it does not form a proportional...
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    Appian Way (redirect from Via Appia Antica)
    paludes), a swamp infested with malaria. A tortuous coastal road wound between Ostia at the mouth of the Tiber and Neapolis. The Via Latina followed its ancient...
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    standing on a globe inscribed with a diagonal cross. On the figure from the Ostia Antica Mithraeum (left, CIMRM 312), the four wings carry the symbols of the...
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  • at the Ostia Antica excavation site, where she met her third husband Guido Calza. She published many books on the archaeological sites in Ostia and was...
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    important representation of Attis is the lifesize statue discovered at Ostia Antica, near the mouth of Rome's river. The statue is of a reclining Attis,...
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    Basilica of Santa Aurea is a church situated in the Ostia Antica district of Ostia, Italy. Ostia became an episcopal see as early as the 3rd century AD...
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    suggests it was most likely a toilet brush. In the Baths of the Seven Sages in Ostia, a fresco from the 2nd century contains the Inscription (u)taris xylosphongio...
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  • Northeastern University Ostia Antica [7] Ostia Antica: Chapter 4: Daily Life AIRC and Northeastern University Ostia Antica [8] Ostia Antica: Chapter 5: Religions...
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  • mysteries and have adventures in Ostia Antica, Rome, Greece, and beyond: Flavia, a rich Roman girl who lives in Ostia; Nubia, a freed slave girl from Africa;...
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    hypocaust, mica glazing (examples in Ostia Antica), and piped hot and cold water (examples in Pompeii and Ostia). Despite the technical developments of...
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    Via Ostiensis (category Ostia (Rome))
    kilometres (19 mi) from the city of Rome to its important sea port of Ostia Antica, from which it took its name. The road began near the Forum Boarium,...
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    basilica. Remains open by appointment. Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres, in Ostia Antica In Campania: Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere Mithraeum of Naples...
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    In July 2023, on holiday in Italy visiting the archaeological site of Ostia Antica, to please fans of Gladiator, including those who asked about the sequel...
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    parish of Ostia (Sant'Aurea in Ostia Antica), which, however, in 2012 was divided into two parishes, who together form the present diocese of Ostia. See:...
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    Naples, decumani in red Sign indicating the decumanus maximus in Ostia Antica Ostia Antica, near Rome John E. Stambaugh (1 May 1988). The Ancient Roman City...
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    Rome–Lido railway (category Ostia (Rome))
    Valle, Vitinia, Casal Bernocchi, Centro Giano, Acilia and Ostia Antica. Then, it proceeds to Ostia itself, where it stops at five stations. It terminates...
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    Park Capo di Bove Castello Orsini-Odescalchi Frascati Hadrian's Villa Ostia Antica Villa Aldobrandini Villa d'Este Villa Farnese Events and traditions Festa...
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  • maintain cultural and religious traditions even in times of adversity. The Ostia Antica Synagogue, the ancient port city of Rome, is one of the oldest known...
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    The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica or National Gallery of Ancient Art is an art museum in Rome, Italy. It is the principal national collection of older...
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    Palombi; Walker (eds.). Res Bene Gestae: Ricerche di storia urbana su Roma antica in onore di Eva Margreta Steinby. Rome: Quasar. Luigi Piale; Mariano Vasi...
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    front. An example can be seen in the House of the Painted Vaults in Ostia Antica. Embedded in this counter were dolia, earthenware jars used to store...
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