Pasquale Amati, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Pasquale Amati

Italian antiquary

Date of Birth: 24-May-1716

Place of Birth: Savignano sul Rubicone, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Date of Death: 23-Aug-1796

Profession: antiquarian seller, classical scholar, publisher, bibliographer

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Pasquale Amati

  • Pasquale Amati (1716–1796) was an Italian antiquary, born at Savignano di Romagna (now Savignano sul Rubicone - province of Forlì), and educated at Cesena, Rimini, and Rome.
  • On his return to Savignano he wrote two Dissertazione (Faenza, 1761–63) to prove that the Rubicon 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, 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 at Ferrara, a position which he retained till his death.
  • He left two sons, both of literary reputation.

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