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	118 of 152. Next to the theater is the grand Square of the Guilds, the former bustling center of Rome’s import/export industry, with more than 60 offices of ship-owners and traders. Along the sidewalk, second-century A.D. mosaics advertise the services offered by the various shops -- a lighthouse symbolizes the port of Ostia and an elephant marks the office of traders from Africa.