Aquinum: a Roman city between research and assessment prospects

Abstract

The urban area and territory of Aquinum, a roman city situated along the via Latina between Frosinone (Frusino) and Cassino (Casinum) (FR), were investigated by means of aero-topographical studies, geophysical prospecting and archaeological field survey. All research activity has been carried out by a team involved in Laboratory of Ancient Topography and Photogrammentry of University of Salento. The work has been organized according to the great archaeological potentialities offered by the site. Starting from the collected data, archaeological excavation campaigns have been carried out. Thanks to the archaeological excavation campaigns led at the heart of the ancient Roman town, great results have been got. In particular, the knowledge of a central part of the built-up area was improved, where there are public buildings (thermal baths). In the implementation phase is a project of innovative “musealization” based on augmented reality and of Kinect technology, in order to make intelligible to a wider audience as possible the structural evidence and the significant materials from the excavation.