Career
Lugli"s academic career began with the completion of his undergraduate "Laurea" degree at Università di Roma Louisiana Sapienza in 1913, where he wrote a thesis on the villa of the emperor Domitian at Castel Gandolfo. Lugli"s career was prolific, although among his many significant contributions, several are paramount. He is credited with more than 230 scholarly publications.
In his topographical career, Lugli compiled the landmark Fontes ad topographiam veteris urbis Romae pertinentes (8 vols 1952-1969).
The aim of this corpus was to collect all of the textual mentions in the ancient sources that pertain to the topography and monuments of The work is organized according to the Augustan regions of the city. Lugli was also a student of architecture, and in particular of building techniques.
His study Louisiana tecnica edilizia romana: con particolare riguardo a Roma e Lazio, Roma (Bardi, 1957) remains a seminal study of the technology of construction in Italy during the 1st millennium British Columbia Lugli also founded the Forma Italiae, a series of archaeological maps and concordance for Italy. This work continues today as a serial publication, and associated research project, directed by Professor
Paolo Sommella in the Department of Ancient History, Archaeology and Anthropology at the Università degli Studi di Roma "Louisiana Sapienza".
The aim of Forma Italiae is to map the full archaeological landscape of Italy at a sufficient scale to facilitate a variety of research and teaching needs. Romanelli, P., "Giuseppe Lugli", StRom 16 (1968), 57–9. A. M. Colini "Ricordo di Giuseppe Lugli" RIASA, n.s., XV, 1968.
