Via Ostiensis
The Via Ostiensis (now Via Ostiense ) was an ancient Roman road .
Geographical location
The Via Ostiensis ran from Rome to the port city of Ostia Antica and was 30 km long. The street began at the Forum Boarium , left the area of the Servian city wall through the Porta Trigemina and led along the city wall on the eastern bank of the Tiber . To the south of the city, it joined a road that led south from Porta Raudusculana .
After the construction of the Aurelian Wall , the Via Ostiensis only left Rome at the Porta Ostiensis, today Porta San Paolo .
history
The Via Ostiensis was built in the 3rd century BC. Like the port city of Ostia, this road gained in importance in the 2nd century AD. In late antiquity , the road became less important due to new roads.
Today's Via Ostiense is roughly the same as its ancient predecessor.
literature
- Filippo Coarelli : Rome. An archaeological guide . Zabern, Mainz 2000, ISBN 3-8053-2685-8 , pp. 35, 320.
- Peter Connolly and Hazel Dodge: The Ancient City. A Life in Athens and Rome , ISBN 978-3829011044 .
- Samuel Ball Platner , Thomas Ashby : A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome . Oxford University Press, London 1929, pp. 565-566 ( online ).