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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2543396, member: 39084&quot;]Having just returned from 17 days in Italy, I would say that Ostia was one of my favorite ancient sites.&nbsp; One of the charms was its take-out restaurant in the middle of the city.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the restaurant&#039;s menu:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]545336[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s the area where they washed the dirty dishes et al.:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]545337[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And finally, here&#039;s the Nero sestertius taking claim for the Port of Ostia construction that Claudius actually had the insight to start:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]545339[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>NERO</p><p>AE Sestertius (26.56 g.)&nbsp; Lugdunum circa 65 A.D.&nbsp; RIC 441</p><p>NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P Laureate head of Nero left. Rev. PORT AVG Port of Ostia, river Tiber reclining below. Very rare.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, I also took the obligatory picture of the public toilets, but that&#039;s been posted ad nauseum...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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