Introduction

In Ostia and Portus quite a few people, individuals and groups, are mentioned together with a distant place of origin. Archaeologists and historians usually go no further than mentioning the province in which the place was, sometimes adding the modern name. The precise location remains in the dark, as do the archeological remains of the place. On these pages we will go a step further, helped by the increasing digitisation and photo sharing on the internet. We will have a look at various cities in North Africa documented in Ostia, especially on the Piazzale delle Corporazioni.

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North Africa in the Atlas Antiquus of Justus Perthes, 1897.
The atlas was published in Gotha in central Germany.

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