Articles by Raffaella Palombella

For decades, the complex of Domus Tiberiana has been the object of continuous monitoring and restorations of structures for understanding the phenomena of displacement and ruin; at the same time, archaeological excavations and architectural surveys have continued. In 2013 new projects aimed at the general restoration of the monument and at its reopening to the public were launched, and a comprehensive and integral program of renovation of historical and archaeological knowledge of the monument was begun. The prerequisite for conservation and archaeological research is the management of a lot of data, published or not, produced over time: this was possible thanks to the use of SITAR, in which data were systematized. In this way, it was possible to improve the knowledge of the history of research and by highlighting the outstanding issues in the historic-archaeological and static-structural knowledge of the monument, it was possible to improve the planning of the most urgent restorations and the most useful archaeological investigations for detailing the lesser known aspects of the monument.

Recent investigations in the S-W area of the Roman suburbs, from the Via Ostiense and the Via Laurentina until the coastline near Ostia (IX and X municipalities), produced important knowledge that allowed the reconstruction of the complex network of roads, the imperial villas system and the economic reality of this wide territory. The aim of this article is focused on the activity carried on by the SITAR and the consequent important data which has been collected from its implementation, as provided by the recent law on the transparency of the public administration offices.between the Suburbium and the city of Rome, the SITAR was fundamental for analyzing the layout and visibility of the burials as expression of social promotion, for building identity and memory.