Giuseppe Lugli

Giuseppe Lugli (1890 – 1967) was Professor of Roman topography at the University of Rome.

Lugli's career was prolific, although among his many significant contributions, several are paramount. In his topographical career, Lugli compiled the landmark "Fontes ad topographiam veteris urbis Romae pertinentes" (8 vols. 1952-69). The aim of this corpus was to collect all of the textual mentions in the ancient sources that pertain to the topography and monuments of Rome. The work is organized according to the Augustan regions of the city.

Lugli was also a student of architecture, and in particular of building techniques. His study "La tecnica edilizia romana: con particolare riguardo a Roma e Lazio, Roma" (Bardi, 1957) remains a seminal study of the technology of construction in Italy during the 1st millennium B.C.

Lugli also founded the "Forma Italiae", a series of archaeological maps and concordance for Italy. This work continues today as a serial publication, and associated research project, directed by Prof. Paolo Sommella in the Department of Ancient History, Archaeology and Anthropology at the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza". The aim of "Forma Italiae" is to map the full archaeological landscape of Italy at a sufficient scale to facilitate a variety of research and teaching needs. A list of volumes in print is available at http://antichita.let.uniroma1.it/ricerca/v_forita.htm.Forma Italiae.

Necrology

*Romanelli, P., "Giuseppe Lugli", "StRom" 16 (1968), 57–9.