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ID: 7007018
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007018
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ostia Antica (deserted settlement)  Ostia Antica (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 41 45 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 41.7500  decimal degrees
Long: 012 18 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 12.3000  decimal degrees

Note: Ancient town and the port for Rome at the mouth of the Tiber River; founded in the 4th century BCE; rivalled Puteoli (Pozzuoli) as the major port in Italy by 100 CE; declined after 3rd century CE, abandoned ca. 850 CE; modern village of Ostia is just to the East.

Names:
Ostia Antica (preferred,C,V)
Ostia (H,V)  ............ ancient name, now called "Ostia Antica (Old Ostia)" to distinguish it from the modern village

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italia (nation)  ........  Italia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Lazio (region (administrative division))  ............  Lazio (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Roma (province)  ................  Roma (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Ostia Antica (deserted settlement)  ....................  Ostia Antica (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 4th cen. BC
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Ostia..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..............  Annuario Generale (1980)
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 696
..............  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............  TCI: Roma e Dintorni (1977)
..............  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Ostia Antica..........  [GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.......................  GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989)
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Annuario Generale (1980)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 696
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -123582
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  TCI: Roma e Dintorni (1977)
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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