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ArcheoSITAR is a project of the Special Superintendency for Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Rome, established in 2007 with the aim of collecting and making freely accessible the archaeological knowledge of Rome through the Open Data webGIS platform. With over 15 years of experience in the field of archaeological databases, the SITAR Project has become a consolidated reality for ancient topography and a valuable resource for anyone interested in the study and management of Rome's archaeological heritage. The Project has revolutionized the way archaeological information is disseminated and made accessible, representing an innovative frontier in cultural heritage management, where the fusion of technology and archaeology is evident. The potential and uniqueness of SITAR lie primarily in the fact that it is among the few projects today that allows scholars to conduct in-depth research, access primary sources, and stay updated on the latest developments in the field of Roman archaeology. Among the latest developments is the imminent implementation of a new functionality to integrate the platform directly from the excavation site. Certainly, one of the latest frontiers of SITAR is to achieve interoperability between systems in this regard, and there are various experiences of exchange with other systems focused on Rome. Specific Application Program Interfaces (APIs) of REST and XML type are currently active, allowing mutual exchange and sharing of data between the SITAR webGIS and the platforms of affiliated projects. Since the inception of the project, the dream of those who conceived SITAR and worked on its implementation has been to understand the city in its diachronic development, reconstructing the essential elements of urban and extra-urban fabric, the streets, infrastructure, spaces of the sacred or commerce, etc., in the various phases. It is no coincidence that SITAR has been deliberately considered as an archaeological cadastre of the city. In this context, an experiment conducted on an eastern portion of the extra-urban territory of the city will be presented, which through the analysis and overlap of SITAR data, historical cartography, and data derived from bibliography, allows understanding how and in what way the function of spaces has changed over time. A unique example of archaeology of lived spaces in a dynamic and constantly evolving European metropolis.