Achille Graziani


Achille Graziani was an Italian archaeologist.

Life

Graziani was a member of a rich family with land possessions in the Marsican Abruzzo, in Terra di Lavoro and in Capitanata.
Following the ideals of the Italian Risorgimento, in 1860 Graziani participated in the expedition of the Thousand, fighting in Milazzo and in the Battle of Volturnus.
An attentive scholar, he carried out excavation in the Grotta dei Banditi, where he discovered important lithic objects. In his palace of Alvito he collected many archaeological findings, including important Oscan inscriptions, partly studied by Mommsen and recorded in the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum.