Rodolfo Lanciani, Italian archaeologist (Montecelio [now Guidonia Montecelio] Jan. 1, 1846-May 26, 1929). He was a pioneering student of ancient Roman topography, and among his many excavations was that of the House of the Vestals in the Roman Forum. He is known today chiefly for his Forma Urbis Romae (1893‑1901) and the Storia degli scavi, a regular summary of Roman excavations that started appearing in 1902.

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• Lanciani's Pagan and Christian Rome at LacusCurtius