On the outskirts of Rome, an ancient city rivals Pompeii

Seattle Times ^ | November 22 2005 | Kristin Jackson

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Ostia Antica, once the ancient port of Rome, has hundreds of 2,000-year-old buildings spread over hundreds of acres... Unlike Rome's grandiose ruins and the patrician villas of Pompeii, a visit to Ostia Antica gives a sense of ordinary life long ago. This was a working town, ancient Rome's port near the mouth of the Tiber River (the river's currents and shallows made it too hard for big ships to sail into the heart of Rome). Ships arrived with cargo from all around the sprawling Roman Empire; goods were barged up the Tiber or transferred on carts.

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[Dustbunny]

Oh, wow, thanks for the picture. Do you know if there are any more on the web?

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Thermopolium, an ancient restaurant, still has this menu on the wall -- no text, just renderings of the dishes available, a necessity in a polyglot and perhaps largely illiterate society.

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Hey Blam, I've heard that Homo Erectus ate crunchy food...

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Good timing!

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http://www.ruralnorthwest.com/artman/publish/article_4793.shtml

[Dustbunny]

I Googled and found this for reading tomorrow

http://www.ostia-antica.org/

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[blam]

"Hey Blam, I've heard that Homo Erectus ate crunchy food... "

Yup. I heard they liked carrots.

[SunkenCiv]

Romo Erectus appears to have liked 'em too. Unless those are parsnips...

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Thanks for that link.

[Moonmad27]

Thanks for the thread! I've been to Ostia and thought it was great. Very eerie since I was literally the only person in the town, and it seemed as if the original towndwellers were just right around each corner.

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[blam]

As a giggling teen, I always made a beeline to see the remains of Ostia's communal restroom. It's a 20-seater where locals once sat virtually cheek-to-cheek on hole-pierced marble benches that lined a room. They could chat as they went, very publicly, about their business.

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I should think there’s some interesting lost items in the old latrines and sewers...

[garbanzo]

just renderings of the dishes available, a necessity in a polyglot and perhaps largely illiterate society.

I see some things never change. I can imaging some guy standing in line wishing the schlub in front of him would make up his mind already.