The Theatre at Butrint: Luigi Maria Ugolinis Excavations at Butrint 1928-1932

Butrint, an Epirote port on the southern Albanian coast, was a cultural and political centre throughout classical antiquity and into the middle ages. The Italian Archaeological Mission, directed by Luigi Maria Ugolini, undertook major excavations of the Hellenistic and Roman theatre between 1928 and 1932. The original reports and surveys are published here for the first time and provide a significant contribution to our knowledge of the development of Butrint.

Contents
List of illustrations
Introduction and acknowledgements, by Oliver J. Gilkes
Foreword, by Lord Rothschild
Part 1 Luigi Maria Ugolini and the Italian Archaeological Mission to Albania
Chapter 1 Luigi Maria Ugolini and the Italian Archaeological Mission to Albania, by Oliver J. Gilkes
Chapter 2 Ugolini and Aeneas: the story of the excavation of the theatre at Butrint, by Lida Miraj
Chapter 3 The Ugolini manuscripts in the Museo della Civilta Romana, Rome, by Anna Maria Liberati
Chapter 4 The documentary evidence
4.1 The Ugolini archive: surviving documents relating to the Italian Archaeological Mission to Albania and their location, by Oliver J. Gilkes and Lida Miraj
4.2 Bibliography of the Italian Archaeological Mission, compiled by Oliver. J. Gilkes and Barbara Polci
Part 2 Luigi Maria Ugolini's Excavations in the Theatre at Butrint
Chapter 5 Gli scavi del teatro, by Luigi Maria Ugolini
Chapter 6 The Greek and Roman theatres of Butrint: a commentary and reassessment, by John Wilkes, with a contribution by Oliver J. Gilkes
Chapter 7 The theatre at Butrint: parallels and function, by Frank Sear
Chapter 8 The sculpture from the theatre, by Luigi Maria Ugolini, with an introduction and commentary by Iris Pojani
8.1 The sculptural material, by Luigi Maria Ugolini
8.2 Ugolini updated: the sculptural material today, by Iris Pojani
Glossary / References / Index