Integrated geomatic methodologies to reconstruct the ancient topography of Rome
The current urban centre of Rome is built upon up to ten metres of anthropic layers formed between the
Early Bronze Age, when the Capitolium was first occupied, and the present days. These layers represent
an inestimable record of the events (buildings, demolitions, collapses, fires, floods, etc.) that shaped
the appearance of the eternal city. However, most of time the investigations take place near or under
contemporary historical or modern structures, which made the excavations very complex from a technical