Fulvio Orsini | |
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| Born | 11 December 1529 |
| Died | 18 May 1600 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation(s) | Humanist, historian, archaeologist |
| Parent | Maerbale Orsini |
Fulvio Orsini[1] (11 December 1529 – 18 May 1600) was an Italian humanist, historian, and archaeologist. He was a descendant of the Orsini family, one of the oldest, most illustrious, and for centuries most powerful of the Roman princely families, whose origins, when stripped of legend, can be traced back to a certain Ursus de Paro, recorded at Rome in 998.[2]
- ^ His name is sometimes latinized as Fulvius Ursinus (as it appears in the French Encyclopédie of 1751 (vol. 1, p. 9) or Fulvius Ursini, see: Tobias George Smollett, Tobias Smollett, Frank Felsenstein, Travels through France and Italy, Oxford University Press, 1979, p. 458
- ^ "Orsini Family". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2002.