Eva Margareta Steinby FSA (born 21 November 1938; Wilén until 1961) is a

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classical archaeologist. She was the director of the Finnish Institute in Rome from 1979–1982 and 1992–1994, and

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at the Institute of Archaeology,

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from 1994 to 2004. She is best known for her work on the architecture and topography of

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, especially due to her contributions to the

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(1993-2000).

Biography

Steinby was assistant director (1973–1977) and then director (1979–1982, 1992–1994) of the Finnish Institute in Rome. She then returned to Finland as senior research fellow at the Academy of Finland in

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. Steinby was Professor of Archaeology of the Roman Empire at Oxford, a post held previously by

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and Sheppard Frere, and fellow at

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from 1994–2004. She was elected member of the

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in 1983 and Honorary member in 2020. She was elected member of the

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in 1997. In 1999 she was elected Corresponding Member of the Archaeological Institute of America. She was elected emeritus fellow of

in 2004. Her major work was as the editor of the six volume multilingual reference work on the topography of Ancient Rome, the

. In 2007, a supplement to the ''Lexicon topographicum urbis Romae'' was published in her honour.Leone et al. 2007. ''Res bene gestae: Ricerche di storia urbana su Roma antica in onore di Eva Margareta Steinby.'' Roma: Quasar. She received the

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in 1991.

Selected publications

* Steinby, M. 1974. ''I bolli laterizi degli antiquari del Foro e del Palatino.'' Roma: Accademia nazionale dei Lincei. * Steinby, M. 1974. ''La cronologia delle figlinae doliari urbane dalla fine dell'età repubblicana fino all'inizio del iii sec.'' Bullettino, Comm. arch. comunale di Roma. Spoleto. * Steinby, M. 1986. “L'industria laterizia di Roma nel tardo impero.” In A. Giardina. ''Società romana e impero tardoantico'', Vol. 2: Roma: Politica, Economia, Paesaggio Urbano. Editori laterza. pp. 99–164. * Steinby, M. 2003. ''La Necropoli della Via Triumphalis Roma.''

References

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