Visualising Cappadocia. From the Peutinger Map to the Peutinger App

This is a preliminary article aimed at presenting an innovative way to read and visualise the Tabula Peutingeriana through Augmented Reality (ar). This technology will guide experts and the broader public enhancing their own experience when observing that ‘pictorial representation’ of the ancient world. By scanning the map using phones or tablets devices, the Peutinger App software will load and display in ar graphics and textual contents with which users can digitally interact. The first tranche of the project is focused on the central Anatolian region of Cappadocia and its historical role since the Roman times. This paper, after an analysis of the topographic and archaeological data which can be derived from the map itself, will briefly describe how the Peutinger App project functions and how it is organized in its technical and research features.