Descripción del proyecto
Simulaciones dinámicas para el estudio del transporte romano
El transporte es importante hoy en día, pero también lo fue para la prosperidad del Imperio romano. El proyecto STRADA, financiado con fondos europeos, combinará avances tecnológicos recientes con datos experimentales e investigación histórica a fin de estudiar el transporte terrestre romano entre el mar Adriático y el Danubio. El equipo del proyecto creará un sistema dinámico de simulación por ordenador del transporte marítimo y terrestre para estudiar la interconectividad espaciotemporal entre la Italia romana y la frontera del Danubio. Además, analizará el efecto de factores ambientales sobre el antiguo sistema de transporte. En STRADA se reconstruirán con precisión rutas antiguas mediante topografía granular fina y datos meteorológicos históricos, y se introducirá el uso de simulaciones dinámicas en la investigación histórica.
Objetivo
Even though transport had a bad reputation in the discourse of the Roman elites, in recent research it became evident, that it had a vital impact on the prosperity of the Roman economy and thus on the long-term existence of the Roman Empire. Therefore, it is an absolute desideratum to explore Roman inland transport transdisciplinary, combining recent technological developments with experimental data and profound historical research to gain the most realistic transport times. The objective of STRADA is the development of a dynamic computer-based simulation system for water and land borne transport between the Adriatic Sea and the Danube.
Thereby, STRADA is geared to three aims:
a) the study of the spatial and temporal interconnectivity between Roman Italy and the Danube frontier, for gaining a better understanding of the economic cohesion of the Roman Empire,
b) the analysis of the influence of environmental factors on the ancient transport system,
c) and the introduction of dynamic simulations into historical research.
For the implementation, the project will focus on three closely interwoven strands: The exact reconstruction of the ancient land- and water-routes, the experimental determination of the performance of the used land- and water-borne means of transport under changing environmental conditions, and the development of a time-related simulation system including local fine granular topography and historical weather data, different means of transport (water- and land-based) with different loads, the fatigue of the actors as well as necessary rests and loading times.
STRADA will follow a modular design that will ease the sustainable use and a future extension of the simulation system. The chosen research area covers a wide range of landscapes from the Mediterranean lowlands, followed by different kinds of alpine regions, to a central European river landscape, which makes it easy adapt¬able to other times and places.
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Régimen de financiación
ERC-COG - Consolidator GrantInstitución de acogida
54296 Trier
Alemania