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Emperor Claudius constructed the first harbour on the Portus site, 4 km (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi) north of Ostia, enclosing an area of 250 hectares (617 acres), with two long curving moles projecting into the sea, and an artificial island, bearing a lighthouse, in the centre of the space between them.
Map of Constantinople during the Byzantine era Steelyard weight found in the Port of Theodosius. The Harbour of Eleutherios (Medieval Greek: λιμήν Ἐλευθερίου), originally known as the Harbour of Theodosius (Latin: Portus Theodosiacus, Ancient Greek: λιμήν Θεοδοσίου) was one of the ports of ancient Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, located ...
Portus (which means "harbour" in Latin) may refer to Portus, a harbour of ancient Rome and an archaeological site. It may also refer to: People. Franciscus Portus (1511 – 1581), Greek-Italian classical scholar; Portus Baxter (1806 – 1868), American politician; Alexander Portus, 19th-century Australian politician
Portus Julius (alternatively spelled in the Latin Iulius) was the first harbour specifically constructed to be a base for the Roman western naval fleet, the classis Misenensis. The port was located near Baiae and protected by the Misenum peninsula at the north-western end of the Gulf of Naples .
Portunus was the ancient Roman god of keys, doors, livestock and ports. He may have originally protected the warehouses where grain was stored, but later became associated with ports, perhaps because of folk associations between porta "gate, door" and portus "harbor", the "gateway" to the sea, or because of an expansion in the meaning of portus. [1]
Port of Sines is the sixth busiest transhipment port in Europe.. The next list is a list of the main cargo ports in Portugal, also including ports located in the Azores and Madeira islands.
Portus Cale was an ancient town and port in present-day northern Portugal, in the area of today's Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia. The name of the town eventually influenced the name of the subsequent country of Portugal , from the 9th century onwards .
Caietae Portus (mod. Gaeta) was an ancient Roman harbour of Latium adiectum, Italy, in the territory of Formiae. The name (originally Αἰήτη) was derived from Caieta, the nurse of Aeneas. [1] [2] The harbour, owing to its fine anchorage, was much in use, but the place was never a separate town, but always dependent on Formiae.