Excavation area Ostia Scavi

The excavated remains date mainly from the second-fourth centuries A.D., i.e. the period following the destruction of Pompeii. In contrast to Pompeii with its single-story houses occupied by separate families Ostia's swarming population was housed in blocks of apartments (insulae) several storys high, with numerous windows opening on to the street and on to the interior garden and often with loggias and balconies facing the street - typical examples of the architecture of Imperial Rome.