Water routes in and out of Port
The landscape of Portus has completely changed since the decline of the port in the 6th century. What was the open water of the Claudian harbour has been reclaimed and is now under the suburbs of the town of Fiumicino, and very few people view the site from a boat, as many would have done in antiquity. As part of an AHRC funded dissemination grant, a series of computer graphic reconstructions were produced to help give a sense of this lost landscape, and suggest the experience of travelling in and out of the port at different times in its development.
Note: Following the links directly will load a page containing the map and an embedded QuickTime (Version 7) video. Warning: The movie files are each 11 MB and will be downloaded upon following the links. You may download the smaller files below. If you do not have QuickTime 7 installed it should automatically prompt you to do so. If not please visit http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/. Alternatively you may download the QuickTime videos direct to your computer. Finally there are lower resolution mp4 format files available for download below.
Trajanic - Tiber to Trajanic Canal and Sea
Late Antique- Tiber to Trajanic Canal and Sea
| Period | Route | Download QuickTime7 Movie | Download mp4 Movie |
| Pre-Trajanic | Pre-Trajanic - Sea to Port | MOV (11MB) | MP4 (4MB) |
| Trajanic | Trajanic - Sea to Port | MOV (11MB) | MP4 (4MB) |
| Trajanic | Trajanic - Tiber to Trajanic Canal and Sea | MOV (11MB) | MP4 (4MB) |
| Late Antique | Late Antique- Sea to Port | MOV (11MB) | MP4 (4MB) |
| Late Antique | Late Antique- Tiber to Trajanic Canal and Sea | MOV (11MB) | MP4 (4MB) |