Notes on the project
The final goals of the project are:
- to classify all the rests of the Roman monuments, built for celebration, commemoration, military, games, dwelling, viability, hydraulic or for entertainment purposes, which have some physical requirements;
- to get the photografic evidence of the remains;
- to get information on the generic characteristics of the remains and of the monuments, at the time they had their greatest development;
- to get information on the place where the remains are, as its latin name and the Roman territorial administration (Augustean regions or province under Hadrian)
Notes on the listed monuments
Types and territorial lists: distribution in Rome (in the Regiones of the City centre and in the outskirts), in Italy and in the Empire follows these indications: "Numero Ufficiale Signa Romanorum" (Official Signa Romanorum Number) assigned, modern name of the location where the monument is (it could be: only in Italiano, both in Italiano and English, only in the original language, in the original language and English, in the original language and Italian and English), name of the location with its Latin name (whereas it changed during the centuries it is the one had at the roman conquest period). The modern name of an archaelogical site, whenever this is not occupied by a modern settlement, is the one of the administral entity where the site is placed.
Aqueducts 
historical and architectural
notes ~ complete list
(Only
external remains, not considering what is still underground, are included in the list;
they must be at least 4 complete arches in a row, even though one on the other, or with
just one arch whereas it is an aqueduct-bridge; in this case it follows the same rules of
the 'bridges'; whereas more than one segment stands in the same logostic unit,
just one entry will be displayed. If the remain is in common with more than one
aqueduct -coming from other sources- then the more ancient aqueduct gives the number to
the rest).
Amphitheatres 
historical and architectural
notes ~ complete list (Amphitheatres
which their ruins are either not visible or only presumed are not included in this list).
Arches 
historical and architectural notes
~ complete list (Arches
which have not a complete vault or were ancient gates to walled towns are not included in
this list)
Bath houses 
historical
and architectural notes ~ complete
list (Only bath houses or nympheums still having at least one
complete arch or vault are included. Also a monument having a ten metres high wall
-or more- is included).
Bridges 
Historical and architectural
notes ~ complete list (In
the list are included the bridges with a clear Roman class, having at least one complete
vault, built with original Roman period material or a following rebuilt in loco.
Causeways are included, when they do have
arches as described for bridges or when longer than 100 mts).
Circuses 
historical and architectural notes
~ complete list (Circuses,
stadiums or hippodromes which their ruins are either not
visible or only presumed are not included in this list. Monuments which only remain an
elemenent of the 'spina' are included, such it is an obelisk).
Columns historical and architectural notes
~ complete list (In the list are included honorific
columns with at least 10 mts high tall. Courtyards
can present columns
without a height limit but should be at least 5 and have still
an 'architrave'. The same rule is for arches
when used as a courtyard. Cryptoportici
shall be at least 50
mts long and and with no less than 5 viewing boxes windows between a colum and
the following).
Gates
historical and architectural notes
~ complete list (Gates
which have not a complete vault are not included in this list. One gate shall have on of
the followiing conditions in order to be included in the list: a - presence of decoration;
b - presence of one or more towers next to the gate; c - presence of a secondary gate next
to the main one; d - presence of an aquedut substruction or walking passage; e - presence
of the "cavaedium").
Mausoleums 
historical and architectural
notes ~ complete list (Mausoleums non having dimensions greater
than 11 mts high and 29,5 mt wide are excluded from the list. According to SR rules, the
other are named as sepulchers or tombs. These are the measures of the Cecilia Metella's
mausoleum drum on the ancient Appian Way. Considering the measurements you should not
include overstructures added in a post Roman age.).
Palaces 
historical and architectural
notes ~ complete list (Palaces,
insulae, libraries,
markets and basilicas are
included in the list when they show at least an arch, a vault or a wall of the structure
at least 10 mts high. They are also includes insulae having three or more stores
remaining).
Roads 
classification, historical notes
and about their building ~ complete
list (The list of roads is going to be built during the work on the other
monuments: see the notes about classification of roads)
Temples 
historical and architectural
notes ~ complete list
(Temples are included in this list when two or more columns are
still standing and at least half of the original lenght survives).
Theatres 
historical and architectural
notes ~ complete list (Theatres
or odeons which their ruins are either not visible or only presumed are
not included in this list. Also, there are only roman-type theaters, not the grecian-type,
these last basically charatherized by the absence of a scanae frons; see the notes fro all the
differences)
Walls 
historical and architectural
notes ~ complete list
(Walls built under the Roman dominion, being at least 4 mts high and 100 mts
long, are included. If the
wall belongs to a
castrum (ancient fort)
they shall have the same minimal height and length of 50 mts at least. Valla
(earth and wall obstacles) even with only an earth rampart are included
whenever conserved for at least 500 mts. You will find just one entry
for the same fortification).
Others 
notes ~ complete list
(List of famous
monuments not included in other lists)
N.B. Villas, Sanctuaries and Fora, albeit so important monuments, are not included in the SR lists. This is because usually they are composed by different SR elements, such as bath, theaters or palaces and so on (for Villas) and courtyards, temples or arches (for Fora).
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