Mario Torelli

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Mario Torelli (May 12, 1937 – September 15, 2020) was an Italian scholar of Italic archaeology and the culture of the Etruscans. He taught at the University of Perugia. Torelli was born in Rome, Italy. He was trained by the art historian Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli as well as by Massimo Pallottino. Torelli completed his laurea degree at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" in November 1960, writing a thesis on the site of Falerii Veteres. He held many posts during his professional life, beginning as an assistant at the center for ancient art history in Rome (1960–1962), followed by a stint as archaeological inspector of the Villa Giulia Museum in Rome (1964–1969). He was appointed a professor of Greek and Roman art history at the University of Cagliari in 1969, and served in that position until 1973. He was also instrumental in the excavations of the sanctuary at the site of Gravisca. Torelli joined the faculty of the University of Perugia in 1975; he was appointed as full professor (professore ordinario) of Archaeology and the History of Greek and Roman Art on 1 November 1976. His position was supplemented with appointments that included the areas of Magna Graecia (1995-2000) and Etruscan and Italic Archaeology (from 2000). During his long archaeological career, Torelli directed and supervised a number of archaeological excavations. These included work on the Etruscan sanctuary of Menerva at Santa Marinella (1964-1966), the Etruscan sanctuary of the Porta Caere at Veii (1966-1969), the Greek mercantile sanctuary of Gravisca (1969-1979), the extra-urban sanctuary of Aphrodite-Venus at Paestum (1982-1985), and excavations at Heraclea that included the sanctuary of Demeter (1985-1986) and the agora (1987-1991). He was a visiting professor at a number of institutions, including; University of Colorado at Boulder (1974); University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (1978); University of California,...