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Ostia Antica in Cittΰ metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Latium, Rome, Italy — Central Italy (Tyrrhenian Coast)
 

Horrea di Ortensio e Horrea dell'Artemide
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The Warehouses of Hortensius and Artemis

 
 
Horrea di Ortensio e Horrea dell'Artemide / The Warehouses of Hortensius and Artemis Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, August 5, 2025
1. Horrea di Ortensio e Horrea dell'Artemide / The Warehouses of Hortensius and Artemis Marker
Inscription. Gli Horrea (magazzini) di Ortensio (A), il cui impianto risale forse all'epoca tardo-repubblicana (I secolo a.C), costituiscono uno dei piω antichi esempi ostiensi di questa tipologia di edifici, e conservarono nel tempo il livello originario. Sono caratterizzati dalla presenza di un'ampia corte interna, circondata da colonne di tufo, su cui si aprono le cellae (ambienti di stoccaggio delle merci) in opera reticolata. Tra due celle si addosso un tempietto (B). il cui costruttore Lucio Ortensio, capitano della flotta militare di Miseno, θ ricordato nel pavimento musivo. I vicini Horrea dell'Artemide (C), cosi chiamati dal rinvenimento di una raffigurazione della dea e costruiti in etΰ traianea (98-117 d.C), presentano anch'essi un cortile interno: sorgono su un edificio precedente a carattere commerciale. indizio del fatto che l'area svolgeva una funzione preminente di deposito di merci giΰ dal I secolo a.C.

The Horrea (warehouses) of Hortensius (A), perhaps built in the late Republican period (1st century BC), are one of the most ancient examples of such buildings in Ostia and maintained their original level over time.
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They have a large internal courtyard, surrounded by tufa columns, onto which open the cellae (rooms for storing goods) in opus
reticulatum. Between two cellae was a small temple (B) built by Lucius Hortensius, the captain of the fleet at Misenum, who is named on the mosaic floor. The nearby Horrea of Artemis (C), so-called after the discovery of a painting representing the goddess and built in the Trajanic period (AD 98-117), also have an internal courtyard, they were installed over an earlier building of commercial nature, telling us that the area was used predominantly for the storage of goods already in the 1st century BC.
 
Erected by Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & ArchaeologyArts, Letters, MusicIndustry & CommerceReligion & Religious Structures.
 
Location. 41° 45.348′ N, 12° 17.531′ E. Marker is in Ostia Antica, Lazio (Latium, Rome), in Cittΰ metropolitana di Roma Capitale. It can be reached from Viale degli Scavi. The marker is in Ostia Antica Archaeological
Horrea di Ortensio e Horrea dell'Artemide / The Warehouses of Hortensius and Artemis Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, August 5, 2025
2. Horrea di Ortensio e Horrea dell'Artemide / The Warehouses of Hortensius and Artemis Marker
The marker is in the distance on the left.
Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ostia Antica, Lazio 00119, Italy. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, the Schengen Area, a coastal Mediterranean country, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Ninfei Ai Lati del Teatro e c.d. Oratorio Cristiano / Nymphaeums and the Christian Oratorio (here, next to this marker); In Memoriam Sanctae Monnicae / In Memory of Saint Monica (here, next to this marker); The Martyrs of Ostia Tiberina (a few steps from this marker); L'Area del Teatro e il Centro Delle Corporazioni Commerciali (a few steps from this marker); Gli Interventi di Restauro e Rifunzionalizzazione del Teatro Romano di Ostia (within shouting distance of this marker); The Theatre of Ostia (within shouting distance of this marker); Piazzale delle Corporazioni / Square of the Corporations (within shouting distance of this marker); Terme di Nettuno / Baths of Neptune (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map
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Also see . . .  Horrea di Hortensius.
Excerpt: "The Warehouse of Hortensius is a very large storage building, with an average width of 60 meters, opposite the theatre. The oldest masonry (opus reticulatum with only a few bricks) has been dated to c. 25-50 AD. Restorations can be seen from the Severan period (cellae on the west side) to the fifth century."
(Submitted on August 9, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.) 
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 9, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 9, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 115 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 9, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
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