Ostia: The Other Pompeii

Two thousand years ago, the town of Ostia thrived as Rome's main port on the Tyrrhenian Sea. But heavy silting of the Tiber River gradually moved the sea away, and with it went the trade that provided a living for Ostians. Later, earthquakes and political...



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