Ostia Antica: What to See in Rome’s Ancient Port

A visit to Rome is like a living history lesson. Wherever you go, there are layers of evidence beneath your feet, or crumbling remains of former glory around every corner to remind you that there was a powerful civilized world when the rest of us were no more than tribal groups living in wooden huts.

If you really want a sense of how it was to live in ancient Roman times, the best places are the remains of actual towns. Pompeii and Herculaneum spring to mind. But you can