John Pollini (born October 15, 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American art historian, archeologist, and educator.
A scholar of Ancient Rome, Pollini is the USC Associates Professor of Art History at the University of Southern California.
[1] Born in Boston to Isabell and Frederick, Pollini graduated magna cum laude from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in Classics in 1968.
He then continued on to the University of California, Berkeley, where he received a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology, in 1973 and 1978 respectively.
[3] A scholar of ancient history and classical archeology, Pollini has worked extensively on such subjects as the Ara Pacis, the Augustus of Prima Porta, the Farnese Cup, and the Skyphos.