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Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1847–1929)
Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo (län-chē-ä’nē). An Italian archæologist; born in Rome, Jan. 1, 1847; died in 1929. He attained celebrity by investigating the ruins of classical Rome. Among his works are: ‘Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries’ (Boston, 1888); ‘Pagan and Christian Rome’ (Boston: 1892); and ‘The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome’ (Boston: 1897); ‘Wanderings in the Roman Campagna’ (1909).