Ostia Antica was once the port of ancient Rome and numbered amongst the most important trading centres in the Mediterranean. Today Ostia is a small town with around 10,000 inhabitants located around 20 km from the centre of Rome. How did its demise come about? Does one of the reasons perhaps have something to do with a major earthquake? Several sources indicate that the Roman world was accustomed to regular earthquakes. But did the builders in ancient Rome take preventative measures? In a project supported by the Gerda Henkel Foundation, Dr. Laura Pecchioli, an architect whose key field of research is ancient building technology and earthquakes, is examining how the Romans attempted to protect buildings and other structures against earthquakes – a question that has yet to be academically analysed.
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