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Lots of factual errors here! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.238.28.251 ( talk) 17:43, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
> The mosaic floors of the baths are still visible near today's entrance to the town.
Several baths are known in Ostia. I think the writer may be thinking here of the bath near the barracks of the vigiles, but there aren't especially near the East (Roman) gate. The Forum baths, of course, are near the forum. Meiggs, Roman Ostia is the authoritative source in English. MarkBernstein 15:27, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
I wanted to warn editors of this article that I've just tagged the beautiful image of the Ostia harbor, apparently called "Trajan Harbor", for possible deletion due to failure to identify the copyright holder and lack of an original source. (See commons:Image:Ostia model.jpg.) This appears to be a photo of the same model that VRoma, aka "Virtual Roma", has some shots of. The three I found ( [1], [2], [3]) were not the same image, but may come from VRoma or wherever they got them from. (I still haven't found the identity of the facility that has the model itself.) Anyone who may have information on this image, or a freely-licensed replacement, may want to try to fix or replace it. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 23:04, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
I added new information and revised the text to make the Introduction into more of an overview. Stwiso ( talk) 22:29, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
The factual assertions may or may not be well sourced, but it it is impossible to sort this out absent citations that refer to locations within the given references. Stwiso ( talk) 05:08, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
The article claims that Ostia had 50,000 people in the 1st Century C.E. and 75,000 people in the 2nd Century C.E. I can't find areas for either period. The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites says it had 64 hectares in the early 1st Century B.C.E. [4] Since Roman urban populations were usually less than 200/ha, that would imply less than 12,800 people in the early 1st Century B.C.E.. Lo Cascio, citing Morley's Metropolis and Hinterland, references an estimate of about 30,000 people, apparently for the 1st Century C.E.. 173.66.211.53 ( talk) 16:21, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
search for "a house property of the Diocesi of Rome" and you'll see this woman dying being mentioned twice, separated by 2 paragraphs.
Ostia Antica was NOT an ancient Roman city; Ostia was. We now call old Ostia "Ostia Antica", the ancient Romans just called it Ostia. Pls rewrite clarifying since when "antica" was added to the name, and the world will be forever grateful.
Minilogicus, alias Arminden ( talk) 18:26, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
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Lots of factual errors here! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.238.28.251 ( talk) 17:43, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
> The mosaic floors of the baths are still visible near today's entrance to the town.
Several baths are known in Ostia. I think the writer may be thinking here of the bath near the barracks of the vigiles, but there aren't especially near the East (Roman) gate. The Forum baths, of course, are near the forum. Meiggs, Roman Ostia is the authoritative source in English. MarkBernstein 15:27, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
I wanted to warn editors of this article that I've just tagged the beautiful image of the Ostia harbor, apparently called "Trajan Harbor", for possible deletion due to failure to identify the copyright holder and lack of an original source. (See commons:Image:Ostia model.jpg.) This appears to be a photo of the same model that VRoma, aka "Virtual Roma", has some shots of. The three I found ( [1], [2], [3]) were not the same image, but may come from VRoma or wherever they got them from. (I still haven't found the identity of the facility that has the model itself.) Anyone who may have information on this image, or a freely-licensed replacement, may want to try to fix or replace it. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 23:04, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
I added new information and revised the text to make the Introduction into more of an overview. Stwiso ( talk) 22:29, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
The factual assertions may or may not be well sourced, but it it is impossible to sort this out absent citations that refer to locations within the given references. Stwiso ( talk) 05:08, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
The article claims that Ostia had 50,000 people in the 1st Century C.E. and 75,000 people in the 2nd Century C.E. I can't find areas for either period. The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites says it had 64 hectares in the early 1st Century B.C.E. [4] Since Roman urban populations were usually less than 200/ha, that would imply less than 12,800 people in the early 1st Century B.C.E.. Lo Cascio, citing Morley's Metropolis and Hinterland, references an estimate of about 30,000 people, apparently for the 1st Century C.E.. 173.66.211.53 ( talk) 16:21, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
search for "a house property of the Diocesi of Rome" and you'll see this woman dying being mentioned twice, separated by 2 paragraphs.
Ostia Antica was NOT an ancient Roman city; Ostia was. We now call old Ostia "Ostia Antica", the ancient Romans just called it Ostia. Pls rewrite clarifying since when "antica" was added to the name, and the world will be forever grateful.
Minilogicus, alias Arminden ( talk) 18:26, 20 May 2024 (UTC)