> > Cotty wrote: > > Hi gang, > > > > Had the privilege of a quick trip to Rome on Tues/Weds this week to > > film amongst the archaeological excavations at the ancient Roman > > seaport or Portus. I know Stan the Man is big on antiquity, as are > > some others - Gianco! - so thought you might like a look: > > > > <http://www.seeingeye.tv/pages/portus.html> > > > > You have a very cool job. > > I like how the Romans called their port Port
It is in a town called Ostia. I don't recall from any Latin books or histories it ever being called Portus, so I was very confused when the archaeologists described it as Rome's only port - I wondered how they could have forgotten about Ostia. A little googling sorted that out. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
