The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2019

82 JULY-AUGUST 2019 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL LOCAL LENS Please submit your favorite, recent photograph to be considered for Local Lens. Imagesmust be high resolution (at least 300 dpi at 8” x 10”, or 1MB or larger) andmust not be in print elsewhere. Include a short description of the scene/event, as well as your name, brief biodata and the type of camera used. Send to locallens@afsa.org . A once bustling port of ancient Rome gives way to nature. These umbrella pines provide welcome shade along the Main Street of Ostia Antica, an ancient Roman port town that was home to 100,000 inhabitants at its peak in the second and third centuries A.D. Once at the mouth of the Tiber River, Ostia Antica is now an archaeological site some three kilometers from the sea and is known for the excellent preservation of its ancient buildings, magnificent frescoes and impressive mosaics. n FSO Matthew L. Horner currently serves in Washington, D.C., as the Finland and Estonia desk officer in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs’ Office of Nordic and Baltic Affairs. He has also served in Iceland, Cambodia, Mexico and Barbados. He took this photo during a visit to Ostia Antica in October 2017. BY MATTHEW L. HORNER n OSTIA ANTICA, ITALY