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The Roman Port of Cosa

At its height in 100 B.C. it included an amphora factory, a winery, a fishery and a water-distribution system as well as a harbor with concrete piers-all controlled by one noble, entrepreneurial family

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 258 Issue 3This article was originally published with the title “The Roman Port of Cosa” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 258 No. 3 (), p. 102
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0388-102