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Rubble-rousing in Ostia // Ancient Romans come alive at one of Italy's treasures
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OSTIA, Italy The pizza parlor's oven has been cold for a long, long
time now. And no one remembers the last time Caupona's tavern served
a cup of cool red wine.
The grumbling over the endless construction work at the Baths of
Neptune has long been silenced. But there are a few scholars even
today who aren't too happy about the pope acting as though Ostia were
up for grabs at a rummage sale.
Sorry, folks. It's all in the rec-ords. When Pope Gregory IV
needed a citadel here to pr...
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Rubble-rousing in Ostia // Ancient Romans come alive at one of Italy's treasures
Chicago Sun-Times
; OSTIA, Italy The pizza parlor's oven has been cold for a long, long time now. And no one remembers the last time Caupona's tavern served a cup of cool red wine. The grumbling over the endless construction work at the Baths of Neptune has long been silenced. But there are a few scholars even today
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This little-known 'Pompeii' delights in some big ways: Great views, few crowds at Ostia Antica.(Features)(Travel)
The Christian Science Monitor
; Byline: Rita Colorito Special to The Christian Science Monitor OSTIA ANTICA, ITALY -- After three days under the scorching sun, dodging zooming motor scooters and standing skin to sweaty skin near fellow tourists eager to see Rome's restored sites, my fiance and I needed a break. We would soon be
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O solo mom: my Italian adventure.(The Home Forum)
The Christian Science Monitor
; Be brave, Mom! I'll guide you through every step, began my daughter's e-mail, the subject line of which read, Sorry: Can't meet you at airport! Brave? I didn't need courage. I needed her at Rome's Fiumicino Airport. This was my first time out of the English-speaking world, and I had not expected to
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 "The Seattle Times (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)")
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On the outskirts of Rome, an ancient city rivals Pompeii.
The Seattle Times (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)
; ... Ostia Antica can be hot. Go early in the morning to enjoy it. Wear good walking shoes whenever you go; surfaces are uneven. _Maps of the ruins usually are sold at the ticket booth or, to be safe, bring one with you from a guidebook. A good map is invaluable ...
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ROME; Acres of Roman ruins; ancient Benedictine monasteries; a lakeside Sunday dinner.
The Washington Post
; Some of Rome's best-hidden secrets are tucked away in the villages of the surrounding Lazio region. The Roman countryside, known as the Campagna Romana, graces the canvases of most 18th- and 19th-century Italian landscape artists. Seeing and breathing the spirit of this landscape in what the Romans
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Night bathing and babes revive Rome's `Margate'
The Independent - London
; OSTIA, THE historic but plebeian beach resort near Rome, is planning to cast off its down-market image as Italy's Margate and restyle itself as Malibu. With the summer tourist season approaching fast, it is even seeking to change its name, from Ostia to Lido di Roma. The main weapon in its
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 "Newsday (Melville, NY)")
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Tapas, wine and personality.
Newsday (Melville, NY)
; ... Friday and Saturday, 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Copyright (c) 2007, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write ...
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The shops of ancient Rome; many of today's merchandising techniques have Roman origins.
Interior Design
; The Shops of Ancient Rome From the ruins of Trajan's Markets in Rome to the archeological evidence of the small shops buried in the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Ostia, it has been possible to reconstruct an accurate picture of commercial life in the ancient Roman world. Paintings and tomb
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Travel: Rome - All roads lead from Rome Jumping in fountains used to be one possibility. But there are other, more legal ways of escaping the stifling summer heat of the Italian capital. By Martin Buckley
The Independent - London
; ROME IN summer: the streets are stifling, urine stains on the baked pavements burnished like black marble. Tourists stagger from one cultural marvel to the next, unable to think about anything but iced water. Even the Romans go slightly mad; in Fellini's La Dolce Vita, Anita Ekberg famously
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Lawrence, Caroline The Thieves of Ostia.
The Book Report
; 2002. 160pp. $15.95 hc. Roaring Brook Press (Millbrook Press). 0-7613-1582-9. Grades 5-8 The curious and indomitable Flavia has a knack for solving mysteries, but trying to uncover who is killing the neighborhood dogs may be the undoing of her and her three unlikely friends. When her new neighbor
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