Ostia Antica

Ostia Antica

Explore ancient urban life with well-preserved streets, baths, shops, and an amphitheatre, featuring famous mosaics and a glimpse into daily Roman life.
Ostia Antica, Rome’s ancient port town, offers one of the most complete pictures of urban life in the Roman world. Streets, apartment blocks, baths, shops, temples and an amphitheatre survive in a way that allows the city’s former rhythm to be imagined with unusual ease. The mosaics in the Baths of Neptune are among its best-known features. Less ceremonial than Pompeii, it is perhaps more revealing of everyday Roman life.