Rome Reborn

DESCRIPTION
Rome Reborn is an international initiative whose goal is the creation of 3D digital models illustrating the urban development of ancient Rome from the first settlement in the late Bronze Age (ca. 1000 B.C.) to the depopulation of the city in the early Middle Ages (ca. A.D. 550). With the advice of an international Scientific Advisory Committee, the leaders of the project decided that A.D. 320 was the best moment in time to begin the work of modeling. At that time, Rome had reached the peak of its population, and major Christian churches were just beginning to be built. After this date, few new civic buildings were built. Much of what survives of the ancient city dates to this period, making reconstruction less speculative than it must, perforce, be for earlier phases. But having started with A.D. 320, the Rome Reborn team intends to move both backwards and forwards in time until the entire span of time foreseen by our mission has been covered.

PEOPLE
Project Director

Bernard Frischer, Director, Rome Reborn (President, Frischer Consulting)

Director of 3D Modeling, 1996-2008

Dean Abernathy, UCLA, University of Virginia

Director of 3D Modeling, 2008-2013

Kim Dylla, University of Virginia

Director of 3D Modeling, 2013-

Matthew Brennan, Indiana University

Director of 3D Scanning

Gabriele Guidi, Politecnico di Milano

Scientific Advisors

Dean Abernathy, UCLA, University of Virginia Carla Amici, Department of Classical Archaeology, Università di Lecce Darius Arya, American Institute for Roman Culture Heinz Beste, Istituto Archeologico Germanico, Roma Mary Boatwright, Department of Classics, Duke University Bernd Breuckmann, Breuckmann GmbH, Meersburg, Germany Fulvio Cairoli Giuliani, Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" Diane Favro, Department of Architecture, UCLA Angela Ferroni, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali Philippe Fleury, Professeur de Latin Université de Caen Basse-Normandie Gabriele Guidi, INDACO, Politecnico di Milano Chris Johanson, Department of Classics, UCLA Bernard Frischer, chair, Virtual World Heritage Laboratory, University of Virginia, Indiana University David Koller, University of Virginia Lynn Lancaster, Department of Classics, Ohio University Paolo Liverani, Department of the Sciences of Antiquity, Università di Firenze Sophie Madeleine, CIREVE (Centre Interdisciplinaire de Réalité Virtuelle), Université de Caen Basse-Normandie Pascal Mueller, Procedural, Zurich, Switzerland Eric Poehler, Department of Classics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Michael Raphael, Direct Dimensions, Owings Mills, Maryland, USA Daniela Scagliarini Corlàita, Dipartimento di Archeologia, Università di Bologna Philip Stinson, Department of Classics, University of Kansas Russell Scott, Department of Greek and Latin, Bryn Mawr College Robert Vergnieux, Université de Bordeaux-3, CNRS Mark Wilson-Jones, Department of Architecture, University of Bath

Contributors Hand modelers

Dean Abernathy, UCLA, University of Virginia Brendan Beachler, UCLA Experiential Technologies Center Tom Beresford, UCLA Experiential Technologies Center Matthew Brennan, Virtual World Heritage Laboratory, University of Virginia, Indiana University Renee Calkins, UCLA, Experiential Technologies Center Kim Dylla, University of Virginia Kathryn Fallat, UCLA Experiential Technologies Center Steven Guban, UCLA, Experiential Technologies Center Susuke Inoue, UCLA Experiential Technologies Center Chris Johanson, UCLA, Experiential Technologies Center Chad Keller, Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia Alessio Mauri, CINECA (Bologna, Italy) Robert Pellegrino, UC Santa Barbara Phil Stinson, University of Kansas Satoru Sugihara, UCLA Experiential Technologies Center Carmen Valenciano, University of Madrid Leonardo Viale, Sequence Group Rebeka Vital, UCLA, Experiential Technologies Center Itay Zaharovits, UCLA, Experiential Technologies Center

Experts for 3D data capture and modeling

Francesco Bellandi, INDACO, Politecnico di Milano Nico Brunati, INDACO, Politecnico di Milano Luca Carosso, Università di Firenze Janez Donno, INDACO, Politecnico di Milano Sarah Dylla, IATH, University of Virginia Tommaso Grasso, Sutri, Italy Ignazio Lucenti, INDACO, Politecnico di Milano Laura Loredana Micoli, INDACO, Politecnico di Milano Stefano Magistrelli, INDACO, Politecnico di Milano Giorgia Morlando, INDACO, Politecnico di Milano Michele Russo, INDACO, Politecnico di Milano Alessandro Spinetti, Università di Firenze Michael Waters, IATH, University of Virginia

Software developers for user interfaces

Don Burns, Andes Engineering Kim Dylla, University of Virginia Kejian Jin, ATS, UCLA Chris Johanson, UCLA David Koller, IATH, University of Virginia Bob Kuehne, Blue Newt Software Robert Osfield, lead developer, Open Scene Graph (Glasgow, Scotland) Joan Slottow, ATS, UCLA

System Administration

Shayne Brandon, littleBit Consulting

Digital Roman Forum Web Project Editor-in-chief

Bernard Frischer, Virtual World Heritage Laboratory, University of Virginia, Indiana University

Advisory Committee

Chris Borgman, Department of Information Studies, UCLA Gregory Crane, Department of Classics, Tufts University Diane Favro, Department of Architecture, UCLA Russell Scott, Department of Greek and Latin, Bryn Mawr College

Translator and Editor of Greek and Latin Texts

Jane W. Crawford, Department of Classics, University of Virginia

Web Design and Implementation

Ewan Branda, UCLA Department of Architecture

Web Design and Implementation, Rome Reborn 1.0 project site

Karey Darnell Helms

Web Design and Implementation, Rome Reborn 2.0 project site

Douglas Ross, IATH, University of Virginia Sarah Dylla, IATH, University of Virginia

Web Design and Implementation, Rome Reborn 2.1 project site

Adam McCune, Virtual World Heritage Laboratory, University of Virginia

Web Design and Implementation, Rome Reborn 2.2 project site

Bernard Frischer, Frischer Consulting

About Current Version Archive Related Websites Project News Gallery Current Version Archive People Papers Press Media Coverage For Journalists Contact

LINKS

 * see http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/
 * see http://earth.google.com/rome/
 * http://romereborn.frischerconsulting.com/people.php