M. Livadiotti, A. Labriola, La rotta e l’approdo. La percezione del viaggio per mare nella Magna Grecia di età greco-romana

The observation of the coast from the sea played a key role in the ancient Mediterranean, representing at the same time the main source of orientation during maritime travel and the most frequent opportunity for a comprehensive visual experi-ence of landscapes and urban environments, in a context where long-distance journeys were predominantly undertaken by boat. The research project named “The route and the landing”, part of the CHANGES Project (Spoke 1, Wp2), inves-tigated different aspects of this interrelation between seafaring, coastal landscapes and urbanism in the case study of Greek and Roman Apulia, ranging from the analysis of the visual interactions of high sea routes to the reconstruction of the seafront of the harbours of Taras and Brundisium. The paper presents some of the main results of the investigation and gives an insight into the adopted methodology, which combined the study of archaeological data, historical maps and portolan sources with G.I.S. based visibility analyses and digital 3d modelling.