Pasquale Amati (1716–1796) was an Italian antiquary, born at Savignano di Romagna (now

Savignano sul Rubicone Savignano sul Rubicone ( rgn, Savgnèn) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Forlì-Cesena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southeast of Forlì. The comune takes its name from the Ru ...

- province of

Forlì Forlì ( , ; rgn, Furlè ; la, Forum Livii) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and city in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. It is the central city of Romagna. The city is situated along the Via E ...

), and educated at

Cesena Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and ''comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137. History Cesena was o ...

Rimini Rimini ( , ; rgn, Rémin; la, Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It sprawls along the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia (the ancient ''Ariminu ...

, and

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. On his return to Savignano he wrote two ''Dissertazione'' (Faenza, 1761–63) to prove that the

Rubicon The Rubicon ( la, Rubico; it, Rubicone ; rgn, Rubicôn ) is a shallow river in northeastern Italy, just north of Rimini. It was known as Fiumicino until 1933, when it was identified with the ancient river Rubicon, famously crossed by Julius Ca ...

was the Savignano river. He also published a ''Dissertazione sul castro Mutilo degli Antichi Galli e sul Passagio d'Annibale per l'Appennino'', at Bologna in 1776. Appointed to inspect the press at

Pesaro Pesaro () is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Marche, capital of the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, on the Adriatic Sea. According to the 2011 census, its population was 95,011, making it the second most populous city in the Marche, ...

, he published a collection of classics, his ''Biblioteca di Storia Letteraria'', 6 vols, 8vo, 1768. However, his best known dissertation is that ''De Restitutione Purpurarum'', in which he investigates the purple dye of the ancients very profoundly. In 1786, he became professor of the

Pandects The ''Digest'', also known as the Pandects ( la, Digesta seu Pandectae, adapted from grc, πανδέκτης , "all-containing"), is a name given to a compendium or digest of juristic writings on Roman law compiled by order of the Byzantine e ...

Ferrara Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...

, a position which he retained till his death. He left two sons, both of literary reputation.

Children

*Girolamo Amati (1768–1834), his son * Basilio Amati (1780–1830), his son

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amati, Pasquale 1716 births 1796 deaths People from Savignano sul Rubicone Italian antiquarians Italian classical scholars Scholars of Roman history 18th-century antiquarians