Ostia Antica

Rome's port at the mouth of the Tiber, at its commercial peak under Trajan.

An uninhabited archaeological park near Rome's Fiumicino airport; no modern town overlies it, so the ancient street grid, warehouses, and theatre are fully walkable.

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