Use this site to learn more about Horace's Villa near Licenza (Rome), Italy and about the new excavations being undertaken there under the direction of Prof. Bernard Frischer and with the sponsorship of the Vincenzo Romagnoli Group, the American Academy in Rome, and the Soprintendenza Archeologica per il Lazio.

Ostia Antica The beautifully preserved ruins of Ostia lie twenty miles from Rome, in the meadows between the Tiber River and the Tyrrhenian Sea. It was founded, probably in the 4th century BC, as a military colony to guard the river mouth against seaborne invasions. Later, during the centuries when virtually all imports reached the Capital via the Tiber, Ostia gained prominence as the domestic ...