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An introduction to the paintings with links to the descriptions in the Topographical Dictionary.
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The wall paintings of Ostia - status quaestionis and future prospects, by Stephan Mols

The four Pompeian styles: examples
From the "fifth style" to Constantine: examples

Guide to the Ostian paintings

Highlights from the Isola Sacra necropolis

Notes on the preservation of the Ostian paintings
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Painting of a man, excavated in 1801-1802 near the Palazzo Imperiale.
Vatican Museums.