Ostia

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• 1588, Braun and Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, map IV-53
  
  

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• Ostia in the past
  Part of the Ostia project maintained by the Internet Group Ostia (IGO).
  

Ancient town & the port for Rome at the mouth of the Tiber River; founded 4th cen. BC; rivalled Puteoli (Pozzuoli) as the major port in Italy by 100 AD; declined after 3rd cen. AD, abandoned ca. 850 AD; modern village of Ostia is just to the E.

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