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  2. Portus - Wikipedia

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    Portus was the main port of ancient Rome for more than 500 years and provided a conduit for everything from glass, ceramics, marble and slaves to wild animals caught in Africa and shipped to Rome for spectacles in the Colosseum. [4]

  3. Ostia Antica - Wikipedia

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    Ostia may have been Rome's first colonia.According to legend, Ancus Marcius, the fourth king of Rome, [4] was the first to destroy Ficana, an ancient town that was only 17 km (11 mi) from Rome and had a small harbour on the Tiber, and then proceeded with establishing the new colony 10 km (6 mi) further west and closer to the sea coast.

  4. Emporium (Rome) - Wikipedia

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    The Emporium was the river port of the ancient Rome, that rose approximately between the Aventine Hill and the Rione Testaccio (the Rione takes its name from the hill made of broken amphorae, originated by the wastes from the trade activities of the port).

  5. Ostia (Rome) - Wikipedia

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    Ostia Antica was the port city of ancient Rome, and is often referenced in writings from the times of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. It was the main port of Republican Rome, the main function of Ostia was that of supplying salt and grain although the archaeological site suggests that it had, in the beginning, an important military ...

  6. Historical ports - Wikipedia

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    The port of Messina in Sicily (from book published circa 1572). Historical ports may be found where ancient civilizations have developed maritime trade. One of the world's oldest known artificial harbors is at Wadi al-Jarf on the Red Sea. [1] Along with the finding of harbor structures, ancient anchors have also been found.

  7. Divers find Roman artifacts off Slovenia — revealing the ...

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    Divers find Roman artifacts off Slovenia — revealing the existence of an ancient port. Brendan Rascius. March 4, 2024 at 2:23 PM ... Two other Roman-era sites have been discovered nearby, one of ...

  8. Portus Julius - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Ancient Roman port in Israel to get facelift - AOL

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