Filippo Coarelli

Filippo Coarelli (born June 9, 1936 in Rome ) is an Italian classical archaeologist .

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Filippo Coarelli studied as a student of Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli at the University of Rome , where he also worked as an assistant from 1961 to 1968. From 1968 to 1973 he was inspector of the municipal antiquities administration of Rome. From 1972 to 1977 Coarelli taught as a professor at the University of Siena , from 1977 until his retirement in 2009 as a professor of Greek and Roman antiquity at the University of Perugia .

He is a corresponding member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei , the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (2002), the British Academy (2003) and the Academia Europaea (1997).

His main research interests are early Roman history, the topography of the city of Rome and its surroundings, as well as the Roman city and urban planning. Filippo Coarelli became internationally known primarily through his archaeological guide through Rome, which was published several times and translated into numerous languages.

Fonts (selection)

• The goldsmith's art in antiquity . In: Treasures of the goldsmith's art . Schuler, Munich 1974. Special edition Ed. Atlantis, Zurich 1988, ISBN 3-7611-0718-8 .
• Guida archeologica di Roma . Mondadori, Verona 1974.
  • German: Rome. An archaeological guide . Herder, Freiburg 1975. Revised by Ada Gabucci. von Zabern, Mainz 2000, ISBN 3-8053-2685-8 .
• Rome . Ebeling, Wiesbaden 1974, ISBN 3-921195-07-1 (monuments of great cultures).
• (Ed.): Pompeii . Hirmer, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7774-9530-1 .
• (Ed.): Roman Southern Italy and Sicily. Art and culture from Pompeii to Syracuse . Imhof, Petersberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-259-8 .
• Roman art. From the beginning to the middle republic. Philipp von Zabern, Darmstadt, Mainz 2011, ISBN 978-3-8053-4351-0 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Filippo Coarelli in the catalog of the German National Library
• Page at the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres