COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Ostia Antica [site]
Image View:
View of a fountain in the Nymphaeum of the Eroti
Creator:
unknown (Ancient Roman)
Location:
site: Ostia Antica, Lazio, Italy
Date:
4th century BCE-4th century CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
excavation (site)
Classification:
architecture
Material:
brick; marble
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Subjects:
fountain
Description:
Ancient town and the port for Rome at the mouth of the Tiber River; founded in the 4th century BCE; rivalled Puteoli (Pozzuoli) as the major port in Italy by 100 CE; declined after 3rd century CE, abandoned ca. 850 CE; modern village of Ostia is just to the East. (Source: Thesaurus of Geographic Names (Notes) [website]; http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/)
Collection:
Archivision Base Collection
Identifier:
1A3-R-O-OA-AA3
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Ostia Antica [site]
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