Education

10/2022 –
Member of the Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies (BerGSAS). Enrolled in the program “Landscape Archaeology and Architecture” (LAA). Schoarship provided by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

10/2022 –
Doctoral student in Classical Archaeology at the Freie Universität in Berlin.

2018 – 2021
Master’s Degree in Classical Archaeology at the Sapienza University in Rome.
MA Thesis: “Raffigurazioni urbane nei mosaici tardoantichi” (Urban representations in late antique mosaics).

2014 – 2018
Bachelor’s Degree in Classical Archaeology at the Sapienza University in Rome.
BA Thesis: “Columane caelatae e capitelli figurati nell’Asia Minore ellenistica e romana” (Columnae caelatae and figured capitals in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor).

2007 – 2012
Secondary education at the classical lyceum Istituto Scolastico Nazareth in Rome.

Professional experience

09/2022
German Archaeological Institute, Rome
Post-processing of surveying data using BricsCAD and QGIS

08 – 09/2022
Capitoline Hill, Rome, German Archaeological Institute
Excavation and digital documentation
Processing of surveying data using BricsCAD and Agisoft Metashape

06 – 07/2022
Pompeii, Italy, University of Rouen
Excavation and documentation of a of a bread oven

05/2022
German Archaeological Institute of Rome
Post-processing of surveying data using AutoCAD

11/2021 – 01/2022
German Archaeological Institute, Rome
Processing of surveying data using AutoCAD, PhoToPlan and Agisoft Metashape

08 – 10/2021
Capitoline Hill, Rome, German Archaeological Institute
Excavation and digital documentation

08 – 09/2019
Capitoline Hill, Rome, German Archaeological Institute
Processing and analysis of finds. Digital documentation of pottery using Laser Aided Profiler

07/2019
Pompeii, Italy, University of Rouen
Metallurgical workshop - excavation, documentation, processing and analysis of finds

10/2018
Spoletino, Italy, Roma Tre University
Reused cistern - excavation, documentation, processing and analysis of finds

08 – 09/2017
Spoletino, Italy, Roma Tre University
Reused cistern - excavation, documentation, processing and analysis of finds

10/2017
Palatine Hill, Rome, Sapienza University
Excavation of part of the Via Sacra - excavation, documentation, processing and analysis of finds

09/2016
Pyrgi, Italy, Sapienza University
Excavation of an Etruscan sanctuary - excavation, documentation, processing and analysis of finds

02 – 04/2016
Sapienza University, Rome
Processing and analysis of pottery from the Etruscan sanctuary at Pyrgi (Santa Severa)

Capitolium erat caput mundi: a study of the topographical and historical development of the Capitoline Hill in Rome

The project investigates the Capitoline Hill in Rome from the 6^th century BC to 4^th century AD. Through the study of all available archaeological and textual sources, the topographical and the historical development of the hill are analysed using a holistic approach. The aim is to identify and explain continuities and breaks in the formation and transformation of the urban landscape of the Capitoline Hill. To this purpose, all known monuments (including architecture, sculptures, inscriptions etc.) will be catalogued and studied, attempting to place them in their original context. The use of geographic information system will aid the analysis of the spatial and topographical development of the Capitoline Hill in different phases.

The project is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and is carried out within the frame of the Landscape Archaeology and Architecture (LAA) programme of the Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies (BerGSAS). It is supervised by Prof. Dr. Ortwin Dally (DAI Rome/FU Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Monika Trümper (FU Berlin).

2021
R. Santinelli, I depositi votivi nell’Italia centrale, in: M. Papini (Ed.), Arte Romana (new edition), Firenze 2021, pp. 154-155.

B. de Santis, R. Santinelli, Ampolle con vedute del litorale flegreo, in: M. Papini (Ed.), Arte Romana (new edition), Firenze 2021, pp. 502-503.