Professor Paolo Liverani

• Professor of Ancient Topography at Florence University
• Email: paolo.liverani@unifi.it

Professor Paolo Liveranihas served as curator of the Classical Antiquities of the Vatican Museum (1986-2005) with responsibility on the archaeological excavations in the Lateran extraterritorial area. Later, as professor for Ancient Topography at the University of Florence, he maintained his interest for the Caelian Hill and co-directed with Ian Haynes the Lateran Project and the SGL2 research programme at the Hospital of San Giovanni Addolorata in Rome. Finally he collaborated to prepare the ERC project Rome Transformed and is now member of the team.  His main interests are ancient topography of Rome, Latium and Etruria; Roman official art; polychromy of ancient Roman sculpture; history of the archaeological collections and museums of Rome. Paolo is member of several academies and archaeological institutions (Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia, Academia Europaea; corresponding member of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, the Société National des Antiquaires de France, the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi, the Archaeological Institute of America, honorary fellow of the British School at Rome).

He served as president of the International Association for Classical Archaeology (2003-2006) and is member of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology (Vatican City), of the Scientific committee of the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome. scientific advisor of the Vatican Museum, President of the Consulta universitaria di Topografia Antica (Association of the academic Researchers for Ancient Topography); coordinator of the PhD Programme for Science of Antiquity and Archaeology (University of Pisa-Florence and Siena).

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Papers by Paolo on the Lateran archaeology and topography include:

• Liverani, P. (1988), Le proprietà private nell’area lateranense fino all’età di Co­stantino, Mélanges de l'École française de Rome – Antiquité, 100: 891-915.
• Liverani, P. (1992-1993), Le colonne e il capitello in bronzo d’età romana dell’altare del Ss. Sacramento in Laterano. Analisi archeologica e storica, Rendiconti della Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia, 65, 1992-93: 75-99.
• Liverani, P. (1993), Note di topografia lateranense: le strutture di via Amba Aradam. A proposito di una recente pubblicazione, Bullettino della Commisione Archeologica Comunale di Roma, 95, 1993: 143-152
• Liverani, P. (1998), Introduzione topografica, in P. Liverani (a cura di), Laterano 1. Scavi sotto la Basilica di S. Giovanni, Rome: 6-16
• Liverani, P. (1999), Dalle Aedes Laterani al Patriarchio lateranense, Rendiconti della Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia, 75, 1999: 521-549
• Liverani, P. (2004), L’area lateranense in età tardoantica e le origini del Patriarchio, in P. Liverani (ed.), Il Patriarchio lateranense, Atti della giornata di studi, Seminari di Archeologia Cristiana (PIAC-EFR), Mélanges de l'École française de Rome – Antiquité, 116: 17-49
• Liverani, P., Travaini L. (2007-2008), Il tesoro del Laterano e la bolla numismatica di Sisto V del 1587, Rendiconti della Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia, 81: 217-250
• Liverani, P. (2012) L’episcopio lateranense dalle origini all’Alto Medioevo, in S. Balcon – F. Baratte – J.-P. Caillet – D. Sandron (a cura di), Des domus ecclesiae aux palais épiscopaux, (Bibliothèque de l’Antiquité tardive 23), Turnhout: 119-131
• Liverani, P. (2013) Alarico in Laterano e sull’Esquilino: due casi e qualche riflessione, in Lipps J. – Machado C. – von Rummel Ph. (eds.), The Sack of Rome in 410 AD. The Event, its Context and its Impact, Palilia 28, Wiesbaden: 277-292.