{"id":6468,"date":"2026-01-12T09:17:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T09:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/pannelli-didattici-e-mappe\/larea-del-teatro\/piazzale-delle-corporazioni\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:51:16","slug":"piazzale-delle-corporazioni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/educational-panels-and-maps\/larea-del-teatro\/piazzale-delle-corporazioni\/","title":{"rendered":"Piazzale delle Corporazioni"},"content":{"rendered":"

The vast square open towards the Tiber was designed together with the theatre in the Augustan period but was equipped with porticoes only during the time of Claudius (mid-1st<\/sup>\u00a0century AD).<\/p>\n

Towards the end of the 1st<\/sup>\u00a0century AD, a temple on a high podium with two Corinthian columns at the front was built at the centre of the square; it was dedicated to a god of uncertain identity.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tMosaico con le navi da Syllectum all’ingresso del porto di Claudio\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\n\t\t\tMosaico con trasbordo di anfore\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

Another transformation took place in the first half of the 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0century AD, when the portico was doubled and the earliest floor mosaics were laid; the latter were later remade when the internal space was subdivided into different rooms (stationes<\/em>).<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tDetails of the mosaics of the stationes\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\n\t\t\tDetails of the mosaics of the stationes\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

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The motifs depicted were linked to commercial activities; the presence of inscriptions mentioning corporations of traders, ship-owners and entrepreneurs from both Ostia and elsewhere support the theory that these were the headquarters of the corporations themselves.<\/p>\n

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View of the Piazzale delle Corporazioni laid out as a garden (1913)<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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