Portus
Also known as Porto (Italy), Porto, Italy, Portus Romanus, Portus Augusti
Portus was a large artificial harbour complex of Ancient Rome located at the mouth of the Tiber on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It was established by Claudius and enlarged by Trajan to supplement the nearby port of Ostia.. At its maximum extent the complex covered an area of about 350 hectares and included many horrea and an imperial palace.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Portus
- Ancient site.image
- Fiumicino 03 (RaBoe).jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- The mouth of the Tiber, with the hexagonal harbour of Portus at upper middle (modern day "Lago Traiano").
- Ancient site.mapframe
- yes
- Ancient site.mapframe zoom
- 11
- Ancient site.mapframe caption
- Click on the map to see marker
- Ancient site.region
- Lazio
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement, Port
- Ancient site.epochs
- Roman RepublicRoman Empire
- Ancient site.cultures
- Ancient Rome
- Ancient site.excavations
- yes
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Guido Calza; Simon Keay
Article
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Claudian phase
- Trajanic phase
- Effects on Ostia
- Medieval and modern town
- Current remains
- Surrounding sites
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Portus was a large artificial harbour complex of Ancient Rome located at the mouth of the Tiber on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It was established by Claudius and enlarged by Trajan to supplement the nearby port of Ostia.. At its maximum extent the complex covered an area of about 350 hectares and included many horrea and an imperial palace.
Portus was the main port of ancient Rome for more than 500 years and provided a conduit for everything from glass, ceramics, marble and slaves to wild animals caught in Africa and shipped to Rome for spectacles in the Colosseum.
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