Home | Location | Contacts | Blog You are in : home / surroundings / ancient ostia OSTIA ANTICA The archaeological complex of Ostia Antica , more than a third still to be brought to light, has been included by Unesco among the 100 most important archaeological sites in the world. Tradition attributes the birth of the city (which takes its name from the Latin "ostium", mouth of the river) to the fourth king of Rome, Anco Marzio (620 BC), but the archaeological documentation confirms its presence with certainty only from the fourth century. B.C Its urban structure, born with the function of a fortified castrum for the control of salt supplies, followed a rigid cardo-decumanic system. Already in the Augustan age at the intersection of these two main axes there were the most important commercial offices, the forum with the temple of Rome and Augustus and the theater (still used for classical representations) with the annexed square of the guilds. But the peculiar urban aspect was determined above all by the port function of Ostia, from which the foodstuffs coming from the Provinces went up the river reaching Rome. For this there were numerous horrea, warehouses for the storage of goods. With the construction, in the imperial age, of the two vast port basins of Claudius and Trajan, the city experienced its maximum splendor. The forum was rearranged and the capitolium dedicated to Jupiter, Juno and Minerva built. A new type of multi-storey dwelling was also developed, the insula, housing several families and on the ground floor the shops, with still well-preserved pictorial decorations and mosaics. In the age of the Antonines, magnificent spa complexes were built, equipped with a large frigidarium and various heated rooms overlooking the gym with large windows. Between the IV and the V century. AD Ostia experienced a slow decline which ended with its definitive abandonment in the 9th century. AD Inside the archaeological area there is the Ostiense Archaeological Museum, which collects numerous artifacts brought to light during the excavations. the insula, hosting several families and on the ground floor the shops, with pictorial decorations and mosaics still well preserved. In the age of the Antonines, magnificent spa complexes were built, equipped with a large frigidarium and various heated rooms overlooking the gym with large windows. Between the IV and the V century. AD Ostia experienced a slow decline which ended with its definitive abandonment in the 9th century. AD Inside the archaeological area there is the Ostiense Archaeological Museum, which collects numerous artifacts brought to light during the excavations. the insula, hosting several families and on the ground floor the shops, with pictorial decorations and mosaics still well preserved. In the age of the Antonines, magnificent spa complexes were built, equipped with a large frigidarium and various heated rooms overlooking the gym with large windows. Between the IV and the V century. AD Ostia experienced a slow decline which ended with its definitive abandonment in the 9th century. AD Inside the archaeological area there is the Ostiense Archaeological Museum, which collects numerous artifacts brought to light during the excavations. equipped with a large refrigerator and various heated rooms overlooking the gym with large windows. Between the IV and the V century. AD Ostia experienced a slow decline which ended with its definitive abandonment in the 9th century. AD Inside the archaeological area there is the Ostiense Archaeological Museum, which collects numerous artifacts brought to light during the excavations. equipped with a large refrigerator and various heated rooms overlooking the gym with large windows. Between the IV and the V century. AD Ostia experienced a slow decline which ended with its definitive abandonment in the 9th century. AD Inside the archaeological area there is the Ostiense Archaeological Museum, which collects numerous artifacts brought to light during the excavations. For reservations and information: Telephone / Fax: 06.56352830 E-mail: info@ostiantica.info Free internet point NEWS AND PROMOTIONS ROMA INTERNATIONAL AESTHETICS 2015! 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