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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 8185310, member: 39084&quot;]I cannot recommend a city associated with an ancient coin more strongly than ancient Ostia:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1431823[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The ruins are wonderful.&nbsp; Unlike Pompeii and Herculaneum, Ostia wasn’t buried by a volcanic eruption but fell into disuse as its harbor silted up and it was ravaged and looted when it was no longer valuable to defend it.&nbsp; But despite this, many fabulous artifacts remain.</p><p><br /></p><p>The merchant’s area is one of them, with each merchant illustrating its specialties via a mosaic rather than attempting a multilingual textual display.&nbsp; Here’s an example that illustrates what appears to be drayage service for ships that have docked:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1431824[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Or how about visiting a relatively intact restaurant?&nbsp; Here is the cleanup/dishwashing area and its main menu on a wall (with a sign outside advertising Macrinus Donaldus, over MMMMMCCCCLLLXXVIII sold!):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1431825[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1431826[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>No trip to Ostia would be complete without a visit to its public toilets:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1431827[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A theater, forum, temple to the Roman gods, baths, shops lining the main street… there is so much more to Ostia that it’s well worth a train trip from Rome and spending at least a half-day there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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