This paper presents an innovative study of the port system of Rome in Imperial times through the application of an integrated approach to both archaeological analysis and material evidence. Specifically, it seeks to provide a more complete contextualization and understanding of the port system of Rome by focusing on the exploration of the physical geography of the river Tiber and its transformations in connection with the organization of the port system between the late first century BC and early third century AD. Methodologically, this study is based on the compilation, re-evaluation and analysis of published archaeological and geoarchaeological data and on the application of modelling and simulations techniques within a GIS environment. These foundations and means allow us to reconstruct the development of the river Tiber's historical course in antiquity and its impact on specific organizational aspects of Rome's port system. In this sense, this study provides new insights and avenues of research (applicable to other geographical areas and periods of time) to evaluate the system's changing capacity for transport and the potential existence of a signalling system, in contrast to previous hypotheses on the organization of river traffic along the Tiber.

本文通过将综合方法应用于考古分析和物证，对帝国时代的罗马港口系统进行了创新研究。具体而言，它试图通过重点探索台伯河的自然地理及其与公元前一世纪末至公元三世纪初。在方法论上，本研究基于已发表的考古和地质考古数据的汇编、重新评估和分析，以及建模和模拟技术在 GIS 环境中的应用。这些基础和手段使我们能够重建台伯河的发展' 古代的历史进程及其对罗马港口系统特定组织方面的影响。从这个意义上说，本研究提供了新的见解和研究途径（适用于其他地理区域和时间段），以评估系统不断变化的运输能力和信号系统的潜在存在，与之前关于组织的假设形成对比沿台伯河的河流交通。