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 3rd century CE, and on the area outside the 4th century BCE ‘Servian’ Walls up to about the 9th 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.

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

Borg, Barbara Elisabeth
2024

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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 3rd century CE, and on the area outside the 4th century BCE ‘Servian’ Walls up to about the 9th 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.
2024
Settore ARCH-01/D - Archeologia classica
topography of Rome; Roman epigraphy; digital humanities
   The INscribed city: urban structures and interaction in imperial ROME
   IN-ROME
   European Commission
   Grant Agreement n. 101054143
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