“Ostia Antica is a marvel,” he said of the harbor town that ancient Romans considered ... And, above all, there is a great history, the history of Ancient Rome,” Agenzia Nova reported ...

Less than 15 miles from Rome, Ostia Antica was once a bustling ... until the fifth century C.E., when the quality of Ostia Antica's harbor deteriorated with shifting sands and marshy overgrowth.