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Tourist guides of Ostia

English

Jan Theo Bakker, Ostia Antica - Tourist guide (free PDF).

Three guides were published by Louis Aulbach and Linda Gorski, covering regions I-IV. The guide of region V is forthcoming:
- The Streets of Ancient Ostia: Self-guided Walks to Archeological Sites in Regions I and III of Ostia Antica, Houston 2020 (regions I and III).
- The Public Land of Ostia Antica: A Walk Through the Land Set Aside by Gaius Caninius for Public Use, Houston 2018 (region II).
- The Road to Porta Marina: Self-guided Walks to Archeological Sites in Regions III and IV of Ostia Antica, Houston 2021 (regions III and IV).

Gregory S. Aldrete, Daily life in the Roman city. Rome, Pompeii and Ostia, Westport, Connecticut 2004.

Guy De La Bédoyère, Cities of Roman Italy. Pompeii, Herculaneum and Ostia, London 2010.

Angelo Coccettini, Ostia Antica - Harbor of the Ancient Rome (app).

Sonia Gallico, Guide to the excavations of Ostia Antica. With a section about the Renaissance borgo, Rome 2000.

John Higham, Ostia Antica - the Port of Ancient Rome (eBook, PDF).

Feyo L. Schuddeboom, Ostia: An Archaeological Walk, 2020.

French

Sonia Gallico, Guide aux fouilles d'Ostie Antique. Avec un chapitre consacré au Bourg de la Renaissance, Rome 2000.

Raymond Chevallier, Ostie antique. Ville et port, Paris 1986.

German

Marion Bolder-Boos, Ostia, der Hafen Roms, Mainz 2015.

Sonia Gallico, Führer durch die Ausgrabungsstätten in Ostia Antica. Mit einem Abschnitt über das Renaissance-Dorf, Rome 2000.

Klaus Stefan Freyberger, Ostia. Facetten des Lebens in einer römischen Hafenstadt, Mainz 2013.

Italian

Carlo Pavolini, Ostia, Guide Archeologiche Laterza, Roma-Bari 2006.

Carlo Pavolini, La vita quotidiana a Ostia, Roma-Bari 1986.

Angelo Pellegrino, Ostia antica: guida agli scavi, Roma 2011.

Sonia Gallico, Guida agli scavi di Ostia antica. Con una sezione dedicata al Borgo rinascimentale, Roma 2000.

Luca Battaglia - Francesca Faiella, Ostia Antica. Un tuffo nella storia, Roma 2007.

Czech

Pavel Hlinovský, Ostia. Pristav Antickeho Rima (Ostia. Port of Ancient Rome), Praha 2018.

Pavel Hlinovský, Ostia. Pruvodce Archeologickou Lokalitou (Ostia. The Archaeological Site Guide), Praha 2018.

Dutch

Feyo L. Schuddeboom, Ostia: Een archeologische wandeling, 2020.