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OSTIA HARBOUR CITY OF ANCIENT ROME |
| This website is dedicated to Ostia, the harbour city of ancient Rome. Here you will find information for professional archaeologists and historians, for students of Roman archaeology and history, and for interested lay-people. The site is maintained by the Internet Group Ostia. |
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What's new? Tourist guide For broadband visitors: a computer reconstruction For those who understand Italian: a short movie of Ostia, with comments by the current director [Getting started] Introduction to Ostia Ostia - A Mediterranean port Ostia seen from the sky The excavations Visiting the ruins [The archaeological remains] Topographical dictionary (descriptions of all buildings; topics) Portus (the harbour district) The necropolis of Portus Virtual museum Plans, reconstructions, engravings [Ancient written sources] Texts Graffiti Inscriptions [Excavations and research] Bibliography Full-text books and articles Research and researchers [Varia Ostiensia] Ostia related links Fiction about Ostia [The Soprintendenza] Soprintendenza website [Contact] ostia remove @ this casema.nl The group The mailing list Guestbook This is a not-for-profit, scientific website. Downloading, printing, or duplicating in any way material on this website for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Photographs are made available at the discretion of the Soprintendenza Archeologica di Ostia Antica. Those who wish to publish photographs should contact the Soprintendenza. |
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New publications about the Schola del Traiano and Tempio dei Fabri Navales in: B. Perrier, "Villas, maisons, sanctuaires et tombeaux tardo-républicains. Découvertes et relectures récentes", Actes du colloque international, Editions Quasar, Roma 2007. Pp. 540, with 417 ill. in color and b/w. € 90,00. ISBN 978-88-7140-350-9.
The best guide of Ostia has been updated: "Ostia", by Carlo Pavolini. Pp. 352, € 24,00, with ill. ISBN 8842077848. Guide archeologiche Laterza (2006). Available from BOL. |