{"id":2192,"date":"2019-07-02T18:57:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T17:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=2192"},"modified":"2019-07-02T19:01:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T18:01:07","slug":"ostia-the-harbour-of-rome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=2192","title":{"rendered":"Ostia &#8211; the Harbour of Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birgitta Hoffmann<\/p>\n<p>A landlocked city of a million inhabitants needs good harbours to keep itself supplied, from the earliest times Rome was very keen at controlling the mouth of the Tiber and the resources it offered, creating its first colony at the mouth of the river \u2013 Ostia (literally the mouth of the river).<br \/>\nThe resulting town is dominated by the trade that passed through it and the people from everywhere that decided to stay. This dayschool is going to look at the excavations at Ostia itself and its finds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: Friday, <strong>15th November 2019<\/strong> <strong>Time<\/strong>: 11.00-16.00<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mancent.org.uk\/venues.html\">Wilmslow<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mancent.org.uk\/venues.html\">Parish<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mancent.org.uk\/venues.html\">Hall<\/a><br \/>\nCliff Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 4AA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please note: The car park is a very busy pay and display car park (\u00a32).<\/p>\n<table width=\"560\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"52\"><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"119\"><strong>Concessions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>Minimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"221\"><strong>Maximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"52\">\u00a332<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\">\u00a328*<\/td>\n<td width=\"168\">9<\/td>\n<td width=\"221\">35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*\u00a328, if booked before, 15 October\u00a0 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To book, complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MANCENT-booking-form-new.pdf\" data-slimstat=\"3\">MANCENT booking form<\/a> and send it with payment to the address below. If you would like to pay via BACS or Paypal please contact Birgitta Hoffmann for details.<br \/>\nContact Details: Birgitta Hoffmann<br \/>\n55 Broadwalk, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5PL<br \/>\nemail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:latinteacher@btinternet.com\" data-slimstat=\"5\">latinteacher@btinternet.com<\/a>\u00a0mobile: 07747 533 070<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birgitta Hoffmann A landlocked city of a million inhabitants needs good harbours to keep itself supplied, from the earliest times Rome was very keen at controlling the mouth of the Tiber and the resources it offered, creating its first colony at the mouth of the river \u2013 Ostia (literally the mouth of the river). The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2195,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2192","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2192"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2197,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2192\/revisions\/2197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}