Pietro Romanelli
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Pietro Romanelli was an Italian archaeologist. He carried out excavations at Tarquinia
, Ostia, the Palatine Hill
in Rome, at the Forum Romanum and at Leptis Magna
in Libya
. Among his students was the Roman archaeologist and researcher of Roman Ostia Maria Floriani Squarciapino (1917-2003)
Tarquinia
Tarquinia, formerly Corneto and in Antiquity Tarquinii, is an ancient city in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, Italy.- History :Tarquinii is said to have been already a flourishing city when Demaratus of Corinth brought in Greek workmen...
, Ostia, the Palatine Hill
Palatine Hill
The Palatine Hill is the centermost of the Seven Hills of Rome and is one of the most ancient parts of the city...
in Rome, at the Forum Romanum and at Leptis Magna
Leptis Magna
Leptis Magna also known as Lectis Magna , also called Lpqy, Neapolis, Lebida or Lebda to modern-day residents of Libya, was a prominent city of the Roman Empire. Its ruins are located in Khoms, Libya, east of Tripoli, on the coast where the Wadi Lebda meets the sea...
in Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
. Among his students was the Roman archaeologist and researcher of Roman Ostia Maria Floriani Squarciapino (1917-2003)
Necrology
- A. M. Colini. "Pietro Romanelli" StRom 30 (1982), 358-65.