Filippo Coarelli

Filippo Coarelli
Born
Rome, Italy
NationalityItalian
Occupation(s)Archaeologist and university teacher
Known forClassical archaeology; Roman archaeology
Academic background
EducationUniversità di Roma 'La Sapienza'
Doctoral advisorRanuccio Bianchi Bandinelli
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology
InstitutionsUniversity of Perugia

Filippo Coarelli is an Italian archaeologist, Professor of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the University of Perugia.

Born in Rome, Coarelli was a student of Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli.[1] Coarelli is one of the foremost experts on Roman antiquities and the history of early Rome. A leading expert on the topography of ancient Rome, Coarelli produced a series of books from the 1980s and 1990s that have altered modern thinking about how Roman topography developed. His work on Italian monumental sanctuaries of the late Roman Republic is considered standard.[2]

He led the team that discovered what is believed to be the villa in which Vespasian was born at Falacrinae.[3][4] Together with British colleagues, he has long been involved in the archaeological exploration and documentation of Fregellae.[5][6]

His important and influential handbook furnishing an archaeological guide to Rome and its environs was translated into English by Daniel P. Harmon and James J. Clauss.[7]

In 1997, he was elected a member of the Academia Europaea.[8]

  1. ^ Filippo Coarelli, Interview for AIACNews, 2005
  2. ^ Mario Torelli, "Topography and Archaeology of Rome," translated by Helen Fracchia, in A Companion to the Roman Republic (Blackwell, 2010), p. 99.
  3. ^ Coarelli, Filippo, Stephen Kay, and Helen Patterson. "Investigations at Falacrinae, the Birthplace of Vespasian." Papers of the British School at Rome 76 (2008): 47-73. Accessed May 27, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40311129.
  4. ^ Ryzik, Melena (August 8, 2009). "Unearthed Villa Is Said To Be Roman Emperor's", The New York Times, p. C2.
  5. ^ British School at Rome (1997). Papers of the British School at Rome. R. Clay and Sons.
  6. ^ Pier Giorgio Monti; Paolo Boila (1998). Fregellae: Le fonti, la storia, il territorio. Quasar. ISBN 978-88-7140-120-1.
  7. ^ Filippo Coarelli (10 May 2014). Rome and Environs: An Archaeological Guide. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-28209-4.
  8. ^ "Filippo Coarelli". Member. Academia Europaea. Retrieved 2024-11-02.