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Ostia
[ os-tee-uh; Italian aw-styah ]
noun
- a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
Ostia
/ ˈɒstɪə /
noun
- an ancient town in W central Italy, originally at the mouth of the Tiber but now about 6 km (4 miles) inland: served as the port of ancient Rome; harbours built by Claudius and Trajan; ruins excavated since 1854
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Like many discoveries, the new part of Ostia Antica was found by accident.
From The Daily Beast
Habet Rimbegui ostia sua sub gradu quadragesimo tertio cum besse.
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It was not so very long since Tivoli and Ostia had been occupied by Spanish troops, and the city saved by a sort of accident.
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Verbenna down to Ostia hath wasted all the plain; Astur hath storm'd Janiculum, and the stout guards are slain.
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Hear ye the fanfares, whose sound reached even to Ostia; the clapping of the hands, the cries of joy?
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He had need of hospitality for he was faint from the ride from Ostia in the heat of an Italian June.
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