By
Giulio Magli (contents author)
Summary
In this presentation we outline a methodological study and its implementation in a case study. First, we show a work for estimating the accuracy of various digital tools widely used in archaeoastronomy, based on a large sample of Roman towns data obtained in situ in the Iberian Peninsula. Secondly, the results of applying these techniques to Roman towns and centurions in Italy are presented. The aim is to determine whether ancient surveyors followed purely practical guidelines for the layout of the territory, if they also incorporated topographic and symbolic rules, including the sky in different configurations, in these vast programmes of land reorganisation and the reasons at each case.
Keywords
Archaeoastronomy. Cultural astronomy. Centuriations. Roman landscapes.