Battle of Ostia - Battle of Ostia

…In the early 4th century, a bishopric was established here, and it played an important role in appointing the Bishop of Rome, but after the Arabs conquered the Western Mediterranean in the 8th and 9th centuries, it completely lost its status as a trading port, and its few inhabitants were gathered in a fortified village built by Pope Gregory IV near the former Ostia. In 849, it made its name in the naval Battle of Ostia, where the armies of Naples, Gaeta, and Amalfi defeated the Arab forces. After that, it was exhausted by continued plundering by foreign enemies, and in the Middle Ages it became a quarry, and stone from the ruins was even transported to Pisa and Salerno. [Mochizuki Kazushi]. …

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…4世紀初頭に司教座が置かれて，そこからローマの司教が任命されるという重要な役割を果たしたが，8,9世紀にアラブが西地中海を制覇してからは，交易港としての地位を完全に失い，数少なくなっていた住民はグレゴリウス4世が旧オスティア付近に建設した城塞の村に集められてしまった。そして849年，ナポリ，ガエタ，アマルフィの軍団がアラブ勢を敗退させたオスティアの海戦でその名を響かせたのを最後に，うち続く外敵の略奪に疲弊し果て，中世には採石場と化して，この遺跡の石材が，ピサやサレルノにまで運ばれるほどであった。【望月 一史】。…

※「オスティアの海戦」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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