LANCIANI, RODOLFO AMADEO

rōdôlˈfō ämädĕˈō länchäˈnē, 1847?–1929, Italian archaeologist. He was an authority on the ancient topography of Ostia and Rome and discovered many important Roman antiquities. Lanciani was made director of excavations (1875) and professor of Roman topography at the Univ. of Rome (1878). Among his works in English are Wanderings in the Roman Campagna (1909) and Ancient and Modern Rome (1925).

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The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome
Book by Rodolfo Lanciani; Houghton Mifflin, 1897
Subjects: Rome (Italy)--Antiquities
...scoperti sull Esquilino nell anno 1875 . Rome, 1876. Rodolfo Lanciani, Bull. com. , 1880, p. 51, pl. ii. XXIII: HORTI...by the discovery made in 1874, in the Via Principe Amadeo behind the apse of S. Eusebio of two terminal stones...
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The Letters of George Gissing to Eduard Bertz, 1887-1903
Book by Arthur C. Young, Eduard Bertz, George Gissing; Rutgers University Press, 1961
Subjects: Bertz, Eduard--1853-1931--Correspondence, Gissing, George--1857-1903--Correspondence
...is difficult. I am now busy with topographers--Lanciani 597 especially. Gregorovius is of course of great...600 ____________________ 597 Rodolfo Amadeo Lanciani 1846?-1929 , archeologist, was professor of ancient...
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Beyond Isabella: Secular Women Patrons of Art in Renaissance Italy
Book by Sheryl E. Reiss, David G. Wilkins; Truman State University Press, 2001
Subjects: Art Patronage--Italy--History, Art, Renaissance--Italy, Women Art Patrons--Italy
...a questo di circa a 5 figure si belle quanto ne sian altre in roma. For the discovery of these statues, see Rodolfo Amadeo Lanciani, Storia degli scavi di Roma e notizie intorno le collezioni romane di antichita, 4 vols. (Rome: E. Loeschler...


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Lanciani, Rodolfo Amadeo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LANCIANI, RODOLFO AMADEO rodol fo amade o lancha ne, 1847? 1929, Italian archaeologist...of Ostia and Rome and discovered many important Roman antiquities. Lanciani was made director of excavations (1875) and professor of Roman topography...


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