RICERCHE NEL SUBURBIO SUD-ORIENTALE DI ROMA: CONFERME E SCOPERTE IN MERITO A UN TRATTO DELLA VIA LATINA PRESSO LA VILLA DI SETTE BASSI

Abstract

Carla Maria Amici – Andrea Benedetto – Luca Bianchini Ciampoli – Daniele Nepi –
Simone Quilici – Michele Reginaldi – Roberta Santarelli – Alessandra Ten

Recent archaeological investigations and restoration work coordinated by officials from the Parco Archeologico
dell’Appia Antica offer new insights into the wider south-eastern sector of the Roman suburbs and,
in particular, the route of the ancient Via Latina. As a part of a detailed study of a peripheral area of the Villa
dei Sette Bassi, a sector known as the Dependance, a non-invasive survey has made it possible to identify
and precisely map a residual segment of the Roman road from both a planimetric and altimetric point of
view. The outcome of this work has allowed researchers to confirm the existence of the route and to more
accurately frame its layout within the context of the surrounding monumental structures.
The survey was organised as part of the collaboration agreement between the Archaeological Park of Via
Appia Antica, the Department of Antiquity at the University of Rome La Sapienza, the University of Salento
and the Department of Engineering at University Roma Tre.