History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce (1874)
Lindsay, William Schaw · London : Sampson Low · leaf 239
finallycompleted under Nero. Within the artificial moleswhich formed its narrow entrance, and advanced farinto the sea, the largest vessels then engaged in thetrade of Rome securely rode at anchor; and in itsdeep and capacious basins, which were situated onthe north bank of the Tiber, every… … But Ostia must have borne more resemblance to a wet dock of the present day than to a harbour or port. At the entrance was a tall tower, which served as a beacon by day, and a lighthouse by night for the guidance of vessels coming into the harbour.2 1 Gibbon, c. xxxi. See also Admiral W. H. Smyths…
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