¹ Its medieval phases are known better. In general on the recent works, see Meneghini, R. and Valenzani, R. Santangeli (eds), I fori imperiali. Gli scavi del Comune di Roma (Rome, 2007)Google Scholar, as well as my first ‘Notes from Rome’, Papers of the British School at Rome 76 (2008), 299.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

² Il Messaggero 13 April 2014. Most of the newspaper reports referred to here can be consulted at http://patrimoniosos.it in the ‘Rassegna Stampa’ section.

³ Libero 19 July 2013; Il Messaggero 20 July 2013. The works represent a collaboration between Roma Capitale and the universities of Calabria and Michigan.

⁴ La Repubblica 20 October 2013. The Plinian reference to the painters Damophilos and Gorgasos decorating the Temple of Ceres in 493 bc was recalled (Natural History 35.154).

⁵ La Repubblica 13 December 2013. On such walls, see Coates-Stephens, R., ‘Muri dei bassi secoli in Rome’, Journal of Roman Archaeology 14 (2001), 217–38.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

⁶ Il Messaggero 16 October 2013. The monument was presented at a press conference at the Palazzo Massimo by Mirella Serlorenzi (Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma (SSBAR)) and already has found its way into Filippo Coarelli's latest book on Roman topography: Collis. Il Quirinale e il Viminale nell'antichità (Rome, 2014), 30–3Google Scholar, where it is linked to the adjacent sacred deposit of Santa Maria della Vittoria and identified as one of the sanctuaries of the Argei.

⁷ The lecture was given at the German Archaeological Institute by Donato Alagia (La Sapienza) and concerned chiefly the complex's elaborate marble revetment. A study day on the archaeology of the site is to be announced by Mirella Serlorenzi. A preliminary report on the excavations, which were directed by Mariarosaria Barbera (SSBAR), has been published online: Barbera, M., Barrano, S., De Cola, G., Festuccia, S., Giovannetti, L., Menghi, O. and Pales, M., ‘La villa di Caligola. Un nuovo settore degli Horti Lamiani scoperto sotto la sede dell'ENPAM a Roma’, fasti online folder 194 (2010)Google Scholar (http://www.fastionline.org/docs/FOLDER-it-2010-194.pdf (last consulted 01.07.2014)).

⁸ Il Corriere della Sera 10 October 2013 and Il Tempo 10 October 2013. The works were directed by Gert-Jan Burgers and Renato Sebastiani (SSBAR). See also the internet summary: http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/sites/default/files/Challenging%20testaccio_brochure.pdf (last consulted 21.07.2014). On the Navalia, see Cozza, L. and Tucci, P.L., ‘Navalia’, Archeologia Classica 57 (2006), 175–202.Google Scholar

⁹ The discovery of six tombs was announced in August 2013 (Il Corriere della Sera 7 August 2013), rising to 22 a year later (La Repubblica 24 May 2014) (excavations under the direction of Stefano Musco (SSBAR)). It is hoped that the site will be preserved and made visible to the public.

¹⁰ Catacombs: Il Corriere della Sera 28 November 2013. Columbaria: La Repubblica 28 May 2014. For a recent study of the entire zone, see Rossi, D. and Di Mento, M. (eds), La catacomba ebraica di Monteverde: vecchi dati e nuove scoperte (Rome, 2013).Google Scholar

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¹² The exhibition ran from December 2013 to May 2014. Catalano, Catalogue: P., Fornaciari, G., Gazzaniga, V., Piccioli, A. and Rickards, O. (eds), Scritto nelle ossa (Rome, 2013).Google Scholar

¹³ Il Tempo 28 June 2013. See also Coates-Stephens, ‘Notes from Rome’ (above, n. 11).

¹⁴ The exhibition ran from October 2013 to February 2014, before transferring to the Louvre. Catalogue: Rocca, E. La, Presicce, C. Parisi, Lo Monaco, A., Giroire, C. and Roger, D. (eds), Augusto (Milan, 2013).Google Scholar

¹⁵ See Coates-Stephens, ‘Notes from Rome’ (above, n. 11). Bureaucratic reasons for the hold-up are discussed in La Repubblica 23 September 2013 and 4 June 2014.

¹⁶ A new catalogue has been published: Candilio, D. (ed.), Palazzo Altemps: le collezioni (Milan, 2011).Google Scholar

¹⁷ The exhibition ran from October 2013 to January 2014, but it is hoped that the objects will remain on more permanent display. Catalogue: Capodiferro, A. (ed.), Museo Nazionale Romano. Evan Gorga, la collezione di archeologia (Milan, 2013).Google Scholar

¹⁸ April–September 2014. Catalogue: Coarelli, F., La gloria dei vinti (Milan, 2014).Google Scholar

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²² From December 2013 to April 2014. Catalogue: Abbondanza, L., Coarelli, F. and Lo Sardo, E. (eds), Apoteosi. Da uomini a dei. Il Mausoleo di Adriano (Rome, 2014).Google Scholar

²³ Vitti's reconstruction was exhibited in the form of large-scale (1:100) drawings and 3-D models, as well as by an essay in the catalogue. In May 2014 he illustrated his findings in a lecture at the British School at Rome.

²⁴ Running from March to October 2014. A collection of essays accompanied the exhibition: Meneghini, R. and Rea, R. (eds), La biblioteca infinita: i luoghi del sapere nel mondo antico (Milan, 2014).Google Scholar

²⁵ Coates-Stephens, R., ‘Notes from Rome 2012–13’, Papers of the British School at Rome 81 (2013), 341–9CrossRefGoogle Scholar. La Repubblica 27 January 2014; Il Manifesto 6 February 2014; La Repubblica 15 April 2014. Apart from the plastico, none of the other exhibits was mentioned as being included in the contract for the restoration of the buildings.

²⁶ To be published in a forthcoming volume of the Rendiconti della Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia.