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Shadow selfie at the theater, Parco Archeologico di Ostia Antica.
Piazzale delle Corporazioni: "... this open-air market was essential for Rome as a place of varying and exotic goods from foreign lands. Merchants gathered here to sell anything from grain and shipping services to elephants and giraffes... (Wikipedia)
Parco Archeologico di Ostia Antica: "The city's decline after antiquity led to harbor deterioration, marshy conditions, and reduced population. Sand dunes covering the site aided its preservation..." (Wikipedia)
Parco Archeologico di Ostia Antica: "Its remains provide insights into a city of commercial importance. As in Pompeii, Ostia's ruins provide details about Roman urbanism that are not accessible within the city of Rome itself..." (Wikipedia)
Parco Archeologico di Ostia Antica: "Ostia is now a large archaeological site noted for the excellent preservation of its ancient buildings, magnificent frescoes and impressive mosaics..." (Wikipedia)
"After the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476, Ostia fell slowly into decay as the population of Rome, 700–800,000 in AD 400 contracted to 200,000 or less in 500 AD..." (Wikipedia)
The ancient town had "all the services a town of the time could require; a large theatre, many public baths (such as the Thermae Gavii Maximi, or Baths at Ostia), numerous taverns and inns and a firefighting service..." (Wikipedia)
"Ostia is now a large archaeological site noted for the excellent preservation of its ancient buildings, magnificent frescoes and impressive mosaics..." (Wikipedia)
Parco Archeologico di Ostia Antica: "It has been estimated that two-thirds of the ancient town are as yet unexcavated..." (Wikipedia)
Parco Archeologico di Ostia Antica. Many ancient mosaics are quite easy to see up close; others, like these, require a bit of neck craning...
"Some mosaics were...primarily designed to provide a durable walking surface. This durability made mosaics one of the most common relics found in ancient Roman sites, and Ostia Antica has a wonderful collection..." (gallivance.net)
"Some mosaics were...primarily designed to provide a durable walking surface. This durability made mosaics one of the most common relics found in ancient Roman sites, and Ostia Antica has a wonderful collection..." (gallivance.net)
"Some mosaics were...primarily designed to provide a durable walking surface. This durability made mosaics one of the most common relics found in ancient Roman sites, and Ostia Antica has a wonderful collection..." (gallivance.net)
"Some mosaics were...primarily designed to provide a durable walking surface. This durability made mosaics one of the most common relics found in ancient Roman sites, and Ostia Antica has a wonderful collection..." (gallivance.net)