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{{Short description|Roman road from Rome to Ostia, Italy}}
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| image=Via Ostiense.jpg
| caption=  The road in Ostia (ancient port of Rome)
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| location= [[Rome]] to [[Ostia (Rome)|Ostia]]
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| builder= [[Roman Republic]]
| type=[[Roman road]]
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The '''Via Ostiensis''' ({{langx|it|'''via Ostiense'''}}) was an important road in [[ancient Rome]]. It runs west {{convert|30|km}} from the city of [[Rome]] to its important sea port of [[Ostia Antica (archaeological site)|Ostia Antica]], from which it took its name. The road began near the [[Forum Boarium]], ran between the [[Aventine Hill]] and the [[Tiber River]] along its left (eastern) bank, and left the city's [[Servian Walls]] through the [[Porta Trigemina]]. When the later [[Aurelian Walls]] were built, the road left the city through the Porta Ostiensis ([[Porta San Paolo]]). In the [[Later Roman Empire|Late Roman Empire]], trade suffered under an economic crisis, and Ostia declined as an important port. With the accompanying growth of importance of the [[Via Portuensis]] from the time of [[Constantine I (emperor)|Constantine]] onwards, that of the Via Ostiensis correspondingly decreased.

== Roman bridges ==
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There are the remains of at least one [[Roman bridge]] along the road, which is the Ponte presso Tor di Valle.

==Modern Via Ostiense==
The modern Via Ostiense ([[provincial road (Italy)|SP]]8) follows a similar path to the old road,<ref>[[Google Maps]], "Via Ostiense", accessed on 25 April 2025</ref> forming the main connection between Rome and Ostia (one of the quarters of Rome at present) together with the Via del Mare. On its way to Ostia, the road passes by the important [[basilica]] of [[Saint Paul Outside the Walls]].

== See also ==
* [[Roman road]]
* [[Roman bridge]]
* [[Roman engineering]]
* [[Ostiense]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Via_Ostiensis.html LacusCurtius — Via Ostiensis]

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[[Category:Roman roads in Italy|Ostiensis, Via]]
[[Category:Streets in Rome|Ostiensis]]
[[Category:Ostia (Rome)]]
[[Category:Rome Q. XXXII Europa]]
[[Category:Rome Q. X Ostiense]]
[[Category:Rome Q. XXXIV Lido di Ostia Levante]]


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