Ostia Antica

Oil on Canvas, 18×10 + restored hand molded frame.

Centre of the port town of Ostia. Port of Imperial Rome. Looking towards the Temple called the Capitolium erected in 120 AD,

Built by the emperor Hadrian,  He commissioned the expansion of Ostia and the forum.  The bricks are stamped with the date, when building the temple. The Temple was dedicated to the Capitoline Triad , composed of Jupiter , Juno and Minerva, as this was a Roman colonie.

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