Portus Romae was established in the middle of the first century AD and for well over 400 years was Rome's gateway to the Mediterranean. The port played a key role in funnelling imports—e.g. foodstuffs, wild animals, marble and luxury goods—from across the Mediterranean and beyond to the citizens of Rome and was vital to the pre-eminence of the city in the Roman Mediterranean.
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In 1998, an incredible archaeological heritage was discovered by accident near the Pisa San Rossore railway station....
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At the site of present-day Lamta on Tunisia's east coast, there was already a port city named Leptis Minor ....
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Roman law is the finest monument that Rome bequeathed to Western Europe....
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In the Sahel, in the Tunisian province of Madhia, we find by the sea the small town of Salakta....
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.....probably founded by Julius Ceasar around 46 BC, was located in the north-west of Sardinia.
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