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Seismic microzonation of Palatine hill, Roman Forum and Coliseum Archaeological Area

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Notes

  1. Former Commissioner for the archaeological areas of Rome and Ostia Antica.

  2. Director General, DPC, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile (Department of Civil Protection).

  3. MiBACT, Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo (Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, and Tourism); former Commissioner for the archaeological areas of Rome and Ostia Antica.

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  1. CNR-IGAG, Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Via Salaria km 29300, 00015 , Monterotondo Stazione, RM, Italy

    Massimiliano Moscatelli, Alessandro Pagliaroli & Gian Paolo Cavinato

  2. DPC, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile, Via Vitorchiano 2, 00189 , Rome, Italy

    Sergio Castenetto & Giuseppe Naso

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Moscatelli, M., Pagliaroli, A., Cavinato, G.P. et al. Seismic microzonation of Palatine hill, Roman Forum and Coliseum Archaeological Area. Bull Earthquake Eng 12, 1269–1275 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-013-9539-z

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