Rodolfo Lanciani’s Dismissal

This essay deals with an episode in the career of classical archaeologist Rodolfo Lanciani (1845–1929), director of excavations of the Roman Forum from c. 1877 to 1886. Despite his success as a scholar and excavator, the Italian government dismissed him from the archaeological service for impropriet...

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Main Author: Susan M. Dixon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2016-11-01
Series:Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
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Online Access:http://www.archaeologybulletin.org/articles/592

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