The river port of Rome, Portus Tiberinus, even when combined with Ostia, couldn’t meet the increasing demands of an expanding Mediterranean-wide trade network.

By A.D. 150, when Rome controlled all the Mediterranean, Ostia served as its busy commercial port. With the fall of Rome, the port was abandoned. Over time the harbor silted up.

Rome Cabs charges around 300 euros for a trip to the port from Rome or vice versa. The air-conditioned executive cars arrived ...

As ancient Rome’s main port, Ostia welcomed grain, wine, livestock and olive oil from North Africa and Southern Italy to feed one million Romans. Yet despite an archaeological site spanning more ...

Ostia Antica, the old port of Rome (an hour by train from the Porta San Paolo station) and now one of the largest and best-preserved archaeological parks in Italy, is the site of an ancient synagogue.