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Ostra was an
ancient Roman In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman people, Roman civilisation from the founding of Rome, founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, collapse of the Western Roman Em ...
town near the modern town of
Ostra Vetere Ostra Vetere is a town and ''comune'' in the region of Marche, Italy, near the modern Ostra, south-east of Senigallia Senigallia (or Sinigaglia in Old Italian; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and port town on Italy's Adriatic Sea, Adriatic co ...
. The Roman town was inhabited from the 3rd century BC until the 6th century AD.


History

Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 79), known in English as Pliny the Elder ( ), was a Roman Empire, Roman author, Natural history, naturalist, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the Roman emperor, emperor Vesp ...
mentions Ostra with another ancient town,
Suasa Suasa was an ancient Roman town in what is now the ''comune'' of Castelleone di Suasa, Marche, Italy. It is located in the Pian Volpello locality, in the valley of the Cesano River. History Suasa was founded by the Romans in the early 3rd cen ...
, west. Neither town survived beyond the classical period. Though Ostra is little mentioned by ancient authors, excavations there have brought to light remains of various buildings and several inscriptions.


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Archaeological Park of Urbs Salvia The Archaeological Park of Urbs Salvia is situated in the ''comune'' of Urbisaglia (Province of Macerata), in the Marches, Italy. It is the largest archaeological park in the region. History The city was founded as a '' colonia'' during t ...
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Potentia (ancient city) Potentia was a Roman town along the central Adriatic Italian coast, near the modern town of Porto Recanati, in the province of Macerata. Its original position was just north of the main Roman bed of the River Potenza (the ancient Flosis), which ...
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Ricina Ricina or Helvia Recina (located in present-day Villa Potenza) was a Roman town located in the lower Potenza valley, the contemporary Italian region Marche. Geography In the lower Potenza valley, on the left bank of the river Flosis (modern R ...
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Sentinum Sentinum was a Roman town now located about a kilometre south of the present-day town of Sassoferrato in the Marche region of Italy. Two areas of the town, the forum/urban baths and the suburban baths, can be visited today protected as an ...
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Suasa Suasa was an ancient Roman town in what is now the ''comune'' of Castelleone di Suasa, Marche, Italy. It is located in the Pian Volpello locality, in the valley of the Cesano River. History Suasa was founded by the Romans in the early 3rd cen ...
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Septempeda Septempeda was a Roman town in Picenum located near the modern San Severino Marche, Marche, Italy. Geography The town was situated on the left bank of the river Flosis (modern River Potenza), some 40 km inland from the Adriatic coast an ...


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{{Authority control Roman towns and cities in Italy Roman sites of the Marche Ostra Tourist attractions in le Marche Archaeological sites in le Marche Populated places established in the 3rd century BC Former populated places in Italy