Following is the report from our first stint in the big city. While Rome has an overall grittier, more urban feeling than some other Italian destinations, when you're wandering through the Forum, you expect to see a Caesar and his entourage walking down one of the stone paths.
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Ostia Antica

This is Rome's ancient seaport, less than an hour from downtown Rome. For more than 600 years it was the main port and a trading center, and at the time of Christ, 80,000 people lived there. It later became a ghost town and has now been excavated.
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