Rome Off the Beaten Tracks ancient ostia walkin tour roman forum roman domu

   Have you never visited Ancient Ostia?  If not, this is a must see place.  Ancient Ostia was the ancient port of Rome. It was born in  the seventh century  at the time of the king Anco Marcius. The name Ostia derives from the latin Ostium that means the mounth of the Tiber river.  The city with its buildings  baths , roman domus , teathre , shops, temples in a very good state of preservation,  is an extraordinary example of the intense commercial and social daily life of the inhabitants which counted about 50.000 during his most florid period under the Empire. You can take a walk along the decumanus. You will find   first the cemetery full of republican and imperial  graves , the various werehouses ,  baths , tabernae ,  the square of the merchants  corporation full of shops with beautiful mosaics depicting the various commercial activities of the owners. Near the square there is the roman teathre  that is the biggest roman teathre still preserved and then the various shops with intact tabernae  with frescoes  where they sold  frugal food to the  workers. Along the decumanus maximus there  is also the roman forum with the Capitolium temple and the Basilica. Since ancient Ostia was the main port of the Mediterranean sea during imperial times the city was inhabited by numerous foreign merchants who brought foreign cults with them. So that you can visit the synagoge, the temple of the godeses Cible  and several temples of the god Mytra. To go to ancient Ostia from central Rome its easy. You must take the train at Piramide station in Piazzale Ostienese. The train costs 3 euros and takes about 20 minutes, half an hour to arrive to ancient Ostia. The train stops at ancient Ostia excavation. The excavation tiket is 12 euros per person. If you need a guide you can contact me at pincicarla4@gmail.com or call 00393483940697.