Ostia
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Ryan Horne
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The port city of ancient Rome located at the mouth of the river Tiber.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/422995
41.7535757522, 12.2893574183
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Ostia Antica (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Hostis (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Ostia (750 BC - AD 640)
- Ὤστια (Ostia: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Ostia Antica (Italian, modern)
- Ostia part of (administrative) Italia, Regio I (unspecified date range)
- Ostia port of Roma (unspecified date range)
- Ostia located on Tiberis (river) (unspecified date range)
- Ostia connection Tyrrhenum/Inferum Mare (unspecified date range)
- Ostia connection Via Ostiensis (unspecified date range)
- Ostia connection Via Severiana (unspecified date range)
- Christian Basilica, Ostia located at Ostia (unspecified date range)
- Domus della Fortuna Annonaria located at Ostia (unspecified date range)
- Garden Houses located at Ostia (30 BC - AD 300)
- Guild Temple and Mithraeum of Fructosus located at Ostia (unspecified date range)
- House of Amor and Psyche located at Ostia (30 BC - AD 300)
- House of the Fishes located at Ostia (30 BC - AD 300)
- House of the Thunderbolt located at Ostia (30 BC - AD 300)
- Insula dei Dipinti located at Ostia (30 BC - AD 300)
- Isola Sacra located near Ostia (30 BC - AD 300)
- Ostia Synagogue located at Ostia (unspecified date range)
- Pianabella located at Ostia (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Regio I, Ostia Antica part of (analytical) Ostia (unspecified date range)
- Regio II, Ostia Antica part of (analytical) Ostia (unspecified date range)
- Regio III, Ostia Antica part of (analytical) Ostia (unspecified date range)
- Regio IV, Ostia Antica part of (analytical) Ostia (unspecified date range)
- Regio V, Ostia Antica part of (analytical) Ostia (unspecified date range)
- Roman theater at Ostia located at Ostia (unspecified date range)
- Salinae located near Ostia (unspecified date range)
- The Forum of Corporations located at Ostia (unspecified date range)
- Thermopolium located at Ostia (unspecified date range)
- Tomb of Caius Cartilius Poplicola located at Ostia (unspecified date range)
- Untitled connection Ostia (unspecified date range)
- Untitled located northeast of Ostia (unspecified date range)
- Untitled located near Ostia (30 BC - AD 300)
- Via Ostiensis necropolis located at Ostia (unspecified date range)
urban area, settlement, archaeological site
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 43 B2 Ostia
- BMCR 2020.06.31
- Boin 2013
- Calza 1953
- Calza and Becatti 1961
- Camous and Grandazzi 2004
- Coarelli 2021a
- Cébeillac-Gervasoni et al. 2018
- Descoeudres 2001
- Du Rieu 1862
- EDH Geographic Database G011941: Ostia – Roma, Ostia
- Germoni 2018
- Hadler 2017
- Heinzelmann 1997
- Heinzelmann 2002
- Heinzelmann 2021
- ItAnt (Cuntz) 301,6
- ItMiller 362
- Laubry 2021
- Laubry 2023
- Martin and Heinzelmann 2000
- Meiggs 1973
- New Pauly Ostia
- OSTIA: HARBOUR CITY OF ANCIENT ROME
- PECS (Perseus) OSTIA Italy
- SSBAR, Ostia Antica
- Smith 1854 (Perseus) ÓSTIA
- ToposText Ostia (Latium)
- Van Haeperen 2019
- Wikipedia (English) Ostia Antica
- Zevi 2002
- Related:
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- Arachne Ostia Rom (Metropolitanstadt) (Ostia), Italien
- DARMC 18723
- DBPedia Ostia Antica
- GeoNames 3171796: Ostia Antica
- KU TP Database (Rathmann) 466: Hostis
- MANTO 11319631: Ostia (Latium)
- TGN 7007018: Ostia Antica (deserted settlement)
- TGN 7055136: Ostia (ruins)
- TM GEO ID 2988: Ostia
- VIAF 172278158
- Wikidata Ostia (Q1012797)
- nomisma.org Ostia
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 43 B2 Ostia
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ostia antica
L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, and Ryan Horne, 'Ostia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/422995> [accessed: 14 May 2026]
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