Interim report on an enigmatic new Trajanic building at Portus

The Roman Ports Project

“…Building 5 lies immediately to the south of the excavated part of the Palazzo Imperiale , and formed part of the same original architectural concept. Fieldwork undertaken in 2011 and 2012 (Keay et al , 2012) revealed that it was a vast, single building measuring 240 × 58 m, organized into a series of regularly spaced parallel spaces oriented from north to south. Each of these was in turn subdivided in a consistent sequence: a passage 4 m wide, three narrow bays each c. 11 m wide, a passage 4 m wide, and a wide bay c. 19 m wide.…”

The Roman Ports Project

“…Building 5 (Navalia) Building 5 lies immediately to the south of the excavated part of the Palazzo Imperiale, and formed part of the same original architectural concept. Fieldwork undertaken in 2011 and 2012 (Keay et al, 2012) revealed that it was a vast, single building measuring 240 × 58 m that was organized into a series of regularly-spaced units oriented from north to south. Each of these was in turn subdivided in a consistent sequence: a passage 4 m wide, three narrow bays each c. 11 m wide, a passage 4 m wide, and a wide bay c. 19 m wide.…”

The Roman Ports Project

“…Building 5 (Navalia) Building 5 lies immediately to the east of the Palazzo Imperiale, and was part of the same original architectural conception. Fieldwork undertaken in 2011 and 2012 (Keay et al, 2012) revealed that it was a vast, single building measuring 240 × 58 m that was organized into a series of regularly spaced units oriented from north to south. Each of these was in turn subdivided in a consistent sequence: a passage 4 m wide, three narrow bays each c. 11 m wide, a passage 4 m wide, and a wide bay c. 19 m wide.…”