🏛️ Iulia Concordia-Aquileia
Roman port city and archaeological site in northeastern Italy
📌 Fast Facts
- Founded 181 BCE as a Roman colony in Venetia et Histria
- Major Adriatic port and trade hub during the Imperial period
- Partially excavated; ruins and museum collections span Roman, early Christian, and medieval phases
- Located near modern Aquileia in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region
Aquileia was established as a Latin colony in 181 BCE to secure Roman control of the northeastern Adriatic ...