46 AD the emperor Claudius built a port 3km north of Ostia, the Portus Ostiensis Augusti.64 AD the port was inaugurated by Nero. 100-112 AD Apollodorus of Damascus on behalf of Trajan adds the hexagonal basin to the port of Claudius. 537 AD invasion of the Goths, the citizens of Portus fled, depopulating the cityContinua a leggere “Portus the ancient port of Rome”
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The Portonaccio Sarcophagus
The Portonaccio Sarcophagus was found in 1931. For almost a hundred years it has been striking for the plasticity and dynamism of the battle it represents. It is also striking for another mystery: who was the faceless man at center stage?
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