The ''Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae'' (1993–2000) is a six-volume, multilingual reference work considered to be the major, modern work covering the

topography of ancient Rome The topography of ancient Rome is the description of the built environment of the city of ancient Rome. It is a multidisciplinary field of study that draws on archaeology, epigraphy, cartography and philology. The word 'topography' here has its ...

. The editor is

Eva Margareta Steinby Eva Margareta Steinby FSA (born 21 November 1938; Wilén until 1961) is a Finnish classical archaeologist. She was the director of the Finnish Institute in Rome from 1979–1982 and 1992–1994, and Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empir ...

, and the publisher is Edizioni Quasar of Rome. It is considered the successor to Platner and Ashby's ''

A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome'' is a reference work written by Samuel Ball Platner (1863–1921). The first edition was published in 1904; the second edition ('revised and enlarged') was published in 1911 (both: Allyn and Bacon, B ...

''. An ongoing series of supplements provides additional coverage of Roman topography and important topics in the archaeology of the city. #M. A. Tomei and P. Liverani. ''Lexicon topographicum urbis Romae. Supplementum. I, Carta archeologica di Roma. Primo quadrante''. Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2005. . # F. Coarelli. ''Lexicon topographicum urbis Romae. / Supplementum II. 1, Gli scavi di Roma 1878-1921''. Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2004. . # F. Coarelli et al. ''Lexicon topographicum urbis Romae. Supplementum II. 2, Gli scavi di Roma, 1922-1975''. Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2006. . #Carlo Pavolini. ''Lexicon topographicum urbis Romae. Supplementum. III, Archeologia e topografia della regione II (Celio) : un'aggiornamento sessant'anni dopo Colini''. Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2006. . #Anna Leone, Domenico Palombi, Susan Walker (ed.), ''Res bene gestae: ricerche di storia urbana su Roma antica in onore di Eva Margareta Steinby. Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae, Supplementum'', IV. Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2007. Pp. xviii, 478; 169 ills. . #Elisabetta Carnabuci. ''Lexicon topographicum urbis Romae. Suppl. V, Lexicon topographicum urbis Romae : Supplementum V: regia : nuovi dati archeologici dagli appunti inediti di Giacomo Boni.'' Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2012. . #''Lexicon topographicum urbis Romae. Supplementum VII, scritti in onore di Lvcos Cozza''. Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2014. . A subsequent series, ''Lexicon topographicum urbis Romae: Suburbium'', edited by Adriano La Regina and produced by Edizioni Quasar covers sites in the ''suburbium'' of ancient Rome.

Reviews

* R. B. Ulrich. 1995. "Review Article: Archaeological Reference Texts and the Information Age." ''American Journal of Archaeology'
99.1:147-50
*Catharine Edwards. 1996. "Roma Depicta.
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in ''The Classical Review (New Series)'', 46.02:354-356

BMCR 2001.04.02

References

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