Bring a map. Ostia is huge and doesn't have any signs or information panels.
It's not really about specific sites, rather than to be able to walk in a Roman city.
You could compare the experience to Pompeii I guess.
Sure it is common practice in a lot of countries, and it's as good a technique as any.
It all depends on what you're looking for, what kind of soil you're digging in, etc. etc.
Different excavations ask for different approaches, that's all.
Looks like you've gained some serious picture hosting skills
Don't have a clue about the picture, though it looks familiar.
It's one of them early Roman folks.
The ones I've seen, Constantine and The Fall, I thought were quite good.
Some fluff and slight revisionism here and there, but I'll take that over the soap opera that was 'Rome' anytime.
Not much. There simply aren't any really good Roman-themed games unfortunately, if you don't care about the military stuff. I'm still hoping for Paradox to make a Roman era game...
The northern Netherlands were de facto independent from at least the 1580s.
And besides, ever since the revolt started in 1568 I doubt any Dutch ship would have sailed under Spanish colors.
Spanish coin is another matter, if this is the only evidence it does not necessarily mean the ship was Spanish too.
What explanation?
edit: just noticed you edited your post.
I wasn't referring to my own article or the 217BC eruption.
You said "If you check it out, tou won.t find any recorded eruption between the Avellino (circa 1660 BC) and the Plinian at 79 AD.", while the article states that