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The Via Ostiensis (Italian: via Ostiense) was an important road in ancient Rome. It runs west 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the city of Rome to its important sea port of Ostia Antica , from which it took its name.
The original name of the gate was Porta Ostiensis, as it was located at the beginning of via Ostiense, the road that connected Rome and Ostia.Via Ostiense was an important arterial road, as evidenced by the fact that upon entering the gate of the same name, the road split, with one direction leading to the famous Emporium, the great market of Rome.
Porta Ostiensis today, the location of Ostiense Museum. Ostiense is the 10th quartiere of Rome, identified by the initials Q. X. The toponym comes from the original name of the Porta San Paolo, a gate in the city walls of Rome, was Porta Ostiensis, because it was located at the beginning of Via Ostiense. It now houses the Via Ostiense Museum.
Drawing of the ruins of the Pyramid of Cestius (1575) Regio XIII not only contained the Aventine Hill, but also the plain in front of it. [1] In extent, this region was bordered by the Tiber River to the west, the Circus Maximus to the north, the Vicus Piscinae Publicae and the Via Ostiensis to the east, and the Aurelian Walls to the south.
It stands at a fork between two ancient roads, the Via Ostiensis and another road that ran west to the Tiber along the approximate line of the modern Via Marmorata. Due to its incorporation into the city's fortifications, it is today one of the best-preserved ancient buildings in Rome.
This is a list of ancient monuments from Republican and Imperial periods in the city of Rome, Italy ... Via Appia Via Ostiensis Via Sacra. Alta Semita; Argiletum;
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The church of San Menna fell somewhere between Porta San Paolo (pictured) and the Basilica of Saint Paul on the Ostian Way.San Menna (Italian: Saint Menas) was an ancient church in Rome, formerly located along the Via Ostiensis which led to the Basilica of Saint Paul.