Axel Boëthius

Axel Boëthius (July 18, 1889 in Arvika, Sweden – May 7, 1969 in Rome, Italy) was a scholar and archaeologist of Etruscan culture.

Boëthius was primarily a student of Etruscan and Italic architecture.

During the Finnish Civil War he fought for the White Movement’s volunteer Swedish Brigade.

There he published his book Golden House of Nero in 1960, which was the product of the Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures[3] given in Rome.

[4] Boëthius, working together with John Bryan Ward-Perkins, wrote the section on Etruscan architecture for the prestigious Pelican History of Art series.