Browse Items (8 total)

A cargo worker at Ostia

The relief is currently a part of the collection of the Museo Nazionale Romano alle Terme di Diocleziano (Baths of Diocletian), inv. number 56425.

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Art, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, Harbors, Inscription, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Ostia, roman empire, Trade, Urbanism

Further Reading (Harbors)

Google Earth, Carthage (Google Earth), 2017

Satellite imaging of the port at Carthage, one of the biggest hubs of commerce in Late Antiquity.

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Carthage, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, Harbor, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Mediterranean, North Africa, Port, roman empire, Trade, Urbanism, water

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

Berthold Werner, The Römerbrücke of Trier, 2009

Shot of the Römerbrücke in Trier, Germany. A man on a side road is bicycling.

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Bridge, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, Germany, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, roman empire, Römerbrücke, Society, Trade, Trier, Urbanism

Roman Shipping Containers (Amphora): A Digital Resource, http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/amphora_ahrb_2005/cat_amph.cfm

This website is managed by the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom.

Tags: Amphora, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Carthage, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Mediterranean, North Africa, Pottery, roman empire, Trade, Urbanism, water

Trier Harbor

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Borders, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, roman empire, Trier, Urbanism, water