The larger 386 basilica that replaced it had the Via Ostiense ( the road to Ostia ) to the east and so was extended westward, towards the river Tiber, changing the orientation diametrically.

* Terza Roma ( Third Rome, after the first Rome of the Caesars and the second Rome of the Popes ) is also a name for the Benito Mussolini plan to expand Rome towards Ostia and the sea.

" Terza Roma ( Third Rome ; the Fascist Rome after the Imperial and the Papal ones ) was also a name for Mussolini's plan to expand Rome towards Ostia and the sea.

With the end of the Roman Empire, Ostia fell slowly into decay, and was finally abandoned in the 9th century due to the repeated invasions and sackings by Arab pirates, including the Battle of Ostia, a naval battle in 849 between Christian and Saracens ; the remaining inhabitants moved to Gregoriopolis.

To this end, Nero effectively held Domitian and Quintus Petillius Cerialis, governor of Ostia, who were respectively the younger son and brother-in-law of Vespasian.

He extended Roman territory to the sea, founding the port of Ostia, establishing salt-works around the port, and taking the Silva Maesia, an area of coastal forest north of the Tiber, from the Veientes.

The port at Ostia was part of Claudius ' solution to the constant grain shortages that occurred in winter, after the Roman shipping season.

His uncle Gregory IX made him cardinal deacon and Protector of the Order of Franciscans in 1227, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church from 1227 until 1231 and Bishop of Ostia in 1231 ( or 1232 ).

The Roman consul Cencius now suggested the election of Odo, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia ( afterwards pope Urban II ), but this was rejected by some of the cardinals on the grounds that the translation of a bishop was contrary to ecclesiastical law.

Popularly called flavus (" the blond "), in reference to the yellowish colour of its water, the Tiber has heavily advanced at the mouth by about 3 km since Roman times, leaving the ancient port of Ostia Antica 6 km inland.

A column from the ruins of a Roman temple in Ostia given to Chicago by the Italian government to honor General Italo Balbo's 1933 trans-Atlantic flight still stands near Soldier Field.

Roman architecture | Roman arch architecture in Ostia Antica, Italy

There are examples in cities like the Roman port town of Ostia, that date back to the reign of Trajan and show how Roman architects met residential needs in a variety of situations.

The opus quadratum of the walls of the original castrum at Ostia provide important evidence for the building techniques that were employed in Roman urbanisation during the period of the Middle Republic.

* Ostia forms the main setting for " The Roman Mysteries " series of historical novels for children by Caroline Lawrence.

Ostia: Aspects of Roman City Life ( Edmonton: University of Alberta Press )

Roman Ostia 2nd ed.

* The Roman Theatre at Ostia Antica The Ancient Theatre Archive.

Laurentum was an ancient Roman city of Latium situated between Ostia and Lavinium, on the west coast of the Italian peninsula southwest of Rome.

As quaestor ( 104 BC ) he superintended the imports of grain at Ostia, but had been removed by the Roman Senate ( an unusual proceeding ), and replaced by Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, one of the chief members of the Optimates.

The diocese of Ostia — the titular diocese of the Dean of the College of Cardinals — was merged with the diocese of Rome and was henceforth administered by the Roman vicar general.

They were floated by barge down the Nile River when the water level was high during the spring floods, and then transferred to vessels to cross the Mediterranean Sea to the Roman port of Ostia.

At the request of the Senate, he journeyed with the Roman matrons to receive the statue of Magna Mater in 204 when it arrived from Anatolia at Ostia.

Roman Empire | Roman public latrine found in the excavations of Ostia Antica.

According to section 4 of Canon 350, the Cardinal Dean has " the title of the diocese of Ostia, together with that of any other church to which he already has a title.

In the film, however, Ostia is only ever referred to as simply " the port ".

* Ostia is mentioned in the 2000 film Gladiator, when the protagonist Maximus learns that his army is camped at Ostia and awaiting orders.

Apart from a mention in the Augustan History, a late source of limited reliability, only the town records ( fastia ) of Ostia tells us that in 109 Trajan inaugurated a naumachia basin.

The Serapeum of Ostia and the Brick-Stamps of 123 AD A New Landmark in the History of Roman Architecture.

* Ostia was featured in the novels I, Claudius and Claudius the God, both written by British novelist Robert Graves.

# The Roman Mysteries Omnibus I: The Thieves of Ostia, the Secrets of Vesuvius and the Pirates of Pompeii

Stories from Livy I. 4, on an altar panel from Ostia Antica | Ostia.

He at once determined to take refuge from Borgia's wrath at Ostia, and a few months afterwards went to Paris, where he incited Charles VIII of France to undertake a conquest of Naples.

Through this harbour passed all the goods to or from Rome, but all the cargo was carried by small and light ships directed to Olbia ( some 50 Kilometers north ), where bigger ships would have trafficked with Ostia.

The loot is send to the harbour of Ostia and loaded into ships, from where the Vandals depart and return to Carthage.

After completing his studies in the Jesuit college of Cesena and receiving his doctorate of law ( 1734 ), Braschi continued his studies at the University of Ferrara, where he became the private secretary of Tommaso Ruffo, papal legate, in whose bishopric of Ostia and Velletri he held the post of auditor until 1753.

Salinae in general were salt-works but the Salinae district at the foot of the Aventine hill was probably the place where salt from Ostia was offloaded and sold.

On 26 September Cardinal Alberic, bishop of Ostia, arrived at Carlisle where David had called together his kingdom's nobles, abbots and bishops.

Since the depopulation of Ostia, the university was shifted to Velletri, where since 1817 held humanities courses that ended.

After one season of inactivity, Delvecchio decided to abandon professional football altogether and accept an offer from Eccellenza Lazio side Pescatori Ostia, where he scored 34 goals throughout the season.

File: Ostia gate. jpg | The inscription originally placed on the main gate.

File: Ostia theaterexterior. jpg | The theatre as seen from the ancient main road.

Troisi died in 1994 of a heart attack in his sister's house in Ostia ( Rome ) twelve hours after the main filming on Il Postino had finished.

1 mile ) starting from the City gates and not from the location of the Milliarium: Via Appia from Porta Capena ( to Brundisium, Greece and the Oriental Provinces ), Via Salaria and Via Nomentana from Porta Collina and Via Flaminia ( to Northern Italy, Raetia, Noricum, Pannonia and Illyricum ), Via Aurelia ( to the Galliae and Hispaniae ), Via Ostiensis ( to Ostia and to the main harbour to Corsica and Sardinia, Sicilia and Africa );