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The liburna lent its name to a natural cove on the west coast of Tuscany. Over time, the cove's name evolved into Livorna and later Livorno —the name of a significant port city that emerged at the site long after the disappearance of this type of ship.
Port of Civitavecchia, also known as "Port of Rome", [2] [3] or Civitavecchia Port of Rome, [4] is the seaport of Civitavecchia, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy. It is an important hub for the maritime transport in Italy, for goods and passengers. The Rome Cruise Terminal is part of the port.
In the 4th and 5th centuries the city and port became even more prosperous and busy, as Rutilius Namatianus described it in 414 [9] as it became an important port of Rome due to the silting of Ostia. In the 530s, Centumcellae was a Byzantine stronghold and until 553 the city suffered in the wars between the Goths and the Byzantines. [10] [11] [12]
Roman ships are named in different ways, often in compound expressions with the word Latin: navis, lit. 'ship'.These are found in many ancient Roman texts, and named in different ways, such as by the appearance of the ship: for example, navis tecta (covered ship); or by its function, for example: navis mercatoria (commerce ship), or navis praedatoria (plunder ship).
The port is also an important employer in the area, with more than 15,000 employees who provide services to more than 7,000 ships every year. The Port of Livorno is considered a major Italian port along the Tyrrhenian Sea Corridor, capable of handling all kinds of vessels (LoLo, RoRo, liquid bulk, dry bulk, cruise ships, ferryboats).
The Roman fleet of 330 warships plus an unknown number of transport ships [46] sailed from Ostia, the port of Rome, in early 256 BC, commanded by the consuls for the year, Marcus Atilius Regulus and Lucius Manlius Vulso Longus. [47] They embarked approximately 26,000 picked legionaries from the Roman forces on Sicily.
Portus was a large artificial harbour of Ancient Rome located at the mouth of the Tiber on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It was established by Claudius and enlarged by Trajan to supplement the nearby port of Ostia. [1] The archaeological remains of Portus are near the modern-day village of Porto within the comune of Fiumicino, Lazio, just southwest of ...
Factories for the building of military ships had existed around the Port of Ripa Grande until the 16th century, due to the wars against the Ottoman empire.After the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, harbour activities acquired a more commercial character (i.e. ships maintenance and equipment, customs activities and alike).