Ra Boe, Portus (Aerial), 2008
An aerial shot of Rome's artificial harbor. Note the hexagonal shape.
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Ostia, Portus, roman empire, Rome, Trade, Urbanism, water
Douglas Boin, Portus, 2016
The 'portus' in Rome. Now out of commission and covered with reeds.
Tags: Ancient Greece., Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, Harbor, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Ostia, Port, Portus, roman empire, Rome, Trade, Urbanism, water
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