One site in Rome that you may not have considered visiting or may not have even known about is the site of Ostia Antica. Ostia Antica is much like Pompeii in the fact that it once was the largest commercial port in ancient Rome, and is now in ruins. Its decline began all the way back in the 4th century. While walking through these ancient ruins I was stunned by the amphitheatre. This structure is still very large and able to be used today. The whole back of it behind the stage is gone today, but the whole seating area is still in tact in a round open air theatre. Although the upper two-thirds of the seating area has been reconstructed, it is still amazing to think you are sitting and watching a show in the same seat someone sat over thousands of years ago. When Ostia Antica was alive and running the theatre was used for entertainment for up to 4,000 guests. In the ancient times the theatre was twice the
size of what it is now.http://www.ricksteves.com/plan/destinations/italy/ostia.htm
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