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

How to contact us

  • To contact us please send e-mail to: 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.
  • For information about the photos taken by Klaus Heese please send e-mail to: Klaus remove @ this Heese.info (please delete "remove this" from the e-mail address, this was added to prevent spam). The mail will be sent to the photographer, Klaus Heese, Germany.
  • 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, mailing list and Facebook group

    • 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)