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Pax Romana Art
Portus
Portus, near Ostia · c. AD 115
1.059 kr1.419 kr
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- Printed in the USA. Printed, stretched, and shipped in the USA.
- Free US shipping. Tracking included on every order.
- Canvas, framed or not. Stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars, or set in a wooden frame with a 12 mm gap around it.
- Hanging hardware included. Framed canvas arrives assembled, with the hanger attached.
- Arrives perfect — guaranteed. Damaged or defective? Free reprint or refund.
Details & specs
Framed canvas
- Canvas (cotton-polyester blend)
- Set in a wooden frame with a 12 mm (0.45″) gap around the canvas
- 42 mm (1.65″) deep
- Arrives assembled and ready to hang: hanger attached, screws or nails included
Canvas
- Canvas (cotton-polyester blend)
- Stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars
- Hanging hardware included
- Sizes: 16x12″ · 24x18″ · 32x24″
- Orientation: Horizontal
- Medium: Canvas
- Style: Cityscape
- Era: Timeless
Shipping & returns
Made to order and printed and framed in the USA. Produced in 1–2 business days, delivered 2–5 business days after that — 3–7 business days door to door. Free US shipping, tracked.
Damaged, defective or the wrong item? Email a photo within 7 days of delivery and we send a free replacement or a full refund. Because every piece is made to order, change-of-mind returns are not accepted.
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PortusFramed canvas · Black · 24x18″
1.059 kr
1.419 krSave 360 kr
Portus, near Ostia · c. AD 115
Where Rome's Bread Came Ashore
Rome depended on grain shipped from Egypt, North Africa and Sicily, but the mouth of the Tiber at Ostia was shallow and exposed, and large ships often unloaded at Puteoli on the Bay of Naples instead. In AD 42 the emperor Claudius began a new harbor about three kilometers north of Ostia, with two great curving moles reaching out into the sea. It was completed under Nero.
Its lighthouse stood on a man-made island. Suetonius and Pliny the Elder say it was built on the sunken hull of the giant ship that had brought from Egypt the obelisk now standing in Saint Peter's Square, and Suetonius adds that it imitated the Pharos of Alexandria. The outer harbor was still not safe: Tacitus records some 200 ships wrecked inside it in a storm in AD 62.
Trajan added an inner basin, a hexagon nearly 360 meters on each side, ringed with warehouses, temples and offices, and linked by a new canal to the Tiber. Grain was stored here and moved upriver to Rome on towed barges. Today the hexagon survives as a lake near Fiumicino airport.
The piece
The painting looks down over the inner basin from high above the quays. Moored ships fill the foreground, their sails still set, and porters carry cargo across the docks. The eye follows the blue water out between the long moles to the lighthouse, its fire and smoke rising above the open sea.
Materia · The materials
Canvas, framed or not.
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Wooden stretcher bars
The canvas is stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars.
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Floating frame
Black, natural wood or dark brown, with a 12 mm (0.45″) gap around the canvas. 42 mm (1.65″) deep.
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Ready for the wall
Framed canvas arrives assembled, hanger attached, screws or nails included. Canvas comes with its hanging hardware.
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