IN-ROME – The INscribed city: urban structures and interaction in imperial Rome

Barbara Borg, Eleonora Iacopini

«Archeologia e Calcolatori» 2024, 35.2, 343-354; doi: 10.19282/ac.35.2.2024.36

Abstract

This paper describes the objectives and methodological approaches of the project ‘IN-ROME – The INscribed city: urban structures and interaction in imperial ROME’. The project aims at mapping as comprehensively as possible a wide range of activities that shaped both the physical environment and the relationships between its inhabitants. Focussing on the time period between the 1 st century BCE and the 3^rd century CE, and on the area outside the 4^th century BCE ‘Servian’ Walls up to about the 9^th mile of Rome’s consular roads, it draws on archaeological, literary and archival sources. In addition, and crucially, it aims to virtually re-contextualise c. 50,000 inscriptions in the Epigraphic Database Roma with a known provenance from the area, thus restoring agency to the archaeological landscape. To this end, a new webGIS is being developed that allows for the topographical visualisation of all relevant data.

Figures

Preview