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How to contact us, how to join the Facebook group, and a bit of history.

How to contact us

ostia remove @ this casema.nl (please delete "remove this" from the e-mail address, this was added to prevent spam). The mail will be sent to Jan Theo Bakker PhD, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Join us on Facebook

We have an enthusiastic Facebook group, open to anyone who feels a genuine interest and love for Ostia: pupil, teacher, student, researcher, tourist, tourist guide.


This website is dedicated to the memory of

Ad (Gerard Jan Rudolf) Potman
January 9th 1938 - June 10th 2000

An exceptional Latin teacher

History of the website and mailing list

  • Yahoo mailing list deleted, replaced by Facebook: 24 December 2011.
  • Website moves to fatcow.com as www.ostia-antica.org: 18 December 2009.
  • Website moves to a commercial provider as www.ostia-antica.org: 21 February 2003.
  • Mailing list moves to Yahoo: February 2002.
  • Website moves to the Dpt. of Classics, Univ. of Newcastle upon Tyne: 8 December 1998.
  • Website official (Milan): 6 February 1997.
  • Website test version (Leiden, NL): 28 June 1996.
  • Dies natalis of the mailing list (Milan): 4 June 1996.



Presentation of the website (video from 2010)