Portus, the Via Campana/Portuensis and Rome: towards a better understanding of the nature of connections between a port and associated hinterland

Mladenović, Dragana and Keay, Simon (2014) Portus, the Via Campana/Portuensis and Rome: towards a better understanding of the nature of connections between a port and associated hinterland. In, Eck, W. and Funke, P. (eds.) Öffentlichkeit- Monument- Text. XIV Congressus Internationalis Epigraphiae Graecae et Latinae. Akten. Berlin, DE. Walter de Gruyter, pp. 441-443.

Abstract

It is ironic that ports are often studied in geographical isolation although they occupy a privileged liminal position between land and sea and connected to networks of land-based towns and other ports. This paper adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the issue of the relationship between a port and its terrestrial hinterland, by focusing upon the specific case of Portus and its connection to Rome by means of the Via Campana/Portuensis. The first part of the paper will comprise an analysis of the mainly funerary inscriptions found along the length of the road, contextualized within a Geographical Information Systems (GIS) based analysis of the cemeteries and other sites from which they derived. The second half of the paper will comprise a brief comparison of the results of this with known inscriptions from Portus, the Isola Sacra, and in some cases Ostia. Particular emphasis will be placed upon identifying merchants and other port-related individuals who may have moved and settled between Portus and Rome.

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