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Portus

Italia · Roman province·Italy·Founded 42 CE by Claudius

Rome's imperial harbor. Trajan's inner hexagonal basin was finished just before our snapshot — you can still see its outline today.

An uninhabited archaeological site near Rome's Fiumicino airport; the hexagonal basin of Trajan's ancient harbor still survives amid the modern town.

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