Paolo Liverani Editor

Ian Haynes is Professor of Archaeology at Newcastle University, UK and Chair of Archaeology at the British School at Rome. He is Principal Investigator of the Rome Transformed Project. Ian has directed field projects in five countries and serves as Director of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire Digital Heritage Initiative.

Thea Ravasi is Research Associate for the Rome Transformed project at Newcastle University, UK and a former museum curator in Italy. Since her PhD on the design of sculptural display at Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli, her research and publications have focused on residential and monumental architecture in Rome, Pompeii, Herculaneum and on ancient Roman trade in Cisalpine Gaul.

Stephen Kay is the Archaeology Manager at the British School at Rome, a Visiting Fellow at the University of Southampton and a Visiting Researcher at the Newcastle University. He has published widely on archaeological prospection with a principal focus on applications to Roman urbanism. He is a co-director of the Falerii Novi Project, a partner in the Rome Transformed project and has led excavations at Matrice (Molise), Segni (Lazio) and Pompeii (Campania).

Salvatore Piro is Associated Senior Researcher and Head of the Geophysical Team at the Institute of Heritage’s Sciences ISPC of CNR. His research interests focus on the acquisition and processing of integrated geophysical methods for near surface investigations. Salvatore is member of SEG, EAGE, Near Surface Geophysics, EGU, EEGS and ISAP societies. He is Associate Editor of Near Surface Geophysics and of Archaeological Prospection Journals.

Paolo Liverani is Professor of Topography of Ancient Italy and Head of the Department of History, Archaeology, Geography, Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Florence and a former Curator of Classical Antiquities at the Vatican Museums. Paolo’s research focuses on the topography of ancient Rome, Latium and Etruria, on Roman state art, on polychromy in Roman sculpture and on the history of Rome’s archaeological collections and museums.