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Strada, Jacopo

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Strada, Jacopo (1515–1588)

Italian antiquary. He was appointed court antiquary by the Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand I and continued in imperial service all his life. A collector of coins and books, Strada produced for his patrons Epitome Thesauri Antiquitatum/Summary of the Riches of the Ancients, relating the history of the emperors from Julius Caesar to the present day, with illustrations of coins.

Strada was born in Rome. His son Octavio Strada (1550–1607) also worked on imperial history, posthumously published as De Vita Imperatorum et Caesarum Romanorum/On the Life of the Roman Emperors (1615).



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