The Port of Portus, Ancient Rome

Source: Engraved in “Civitates Orbis Terrarum” (IV: Urbium praecipuarum totius mundi, liber quartus, first edition 1588)/Koeman B&H4. The port of Ostia, located at the mouth of the river Tiber, was the main port serving Rome since its foundation and emergence as an imperial city. As the Roman Empire expanded and reached … Continue reading The Port of Portus, Ancient Rome