Ostia - Harbour City of Ancient Rome

	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.

Presentation of the website (video)

[News]
New on the website (1-May-2010)
Archaeological news (1-May-2010)

[Our movies and slideshows]
Computer reconstruction of Ostia
Museum and ruins merged
Movie of Portus (the harbour district)

[Other movies]
A lecture about Ostia
The Square of the Corporations in Ostia
Movie of Ostia
Movie of Ostia (German)
Movie of Ostia (Italian)
Movie of Ostia (Italian)

Movie of Portus (Portus Project)

[Getting started]
Introduction to Ostia
Ostia - A Mediterranean port
Ostia seen from the sky
The excavations
Visiting the ruins & accommodation
Tourist guide

[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. Those who wish to publish photographs should contact the Soprintendenza.

Grain measurers depicted in their guild seat (B. Storage - L. Maish)

Streets in Ostia (B. Storage - L. Maish)

The lighthouse, two ships and a dolphin (B. Storage - L. Maish)

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.

A new and monumental publication about the marble in Ostia: Patrizio Pensabene, "Ostiensium marmorum decus et decor. Studi architettonici, decorativi e archeometrici", L'Erma di Bretschneider, Roma 2007. Pp. 848, with 272 ill. in color and b/w, 180 plates. € 750,00. ISBN 88-8265-345-5.