Born in Cesena on July 2nd 1971. University degree at Bologna
University, on March 22nd 1994 ("Olga Masetti Finzi" Award for
Classical Philology); PhD in Classical Philology at Bologna
University during the years 1995-1998 (PhD degree at Urbino,
June 25th 1998). Lecturer of Latin Language and Literature
since 1999 at the Bologna University faculties of Lettere e
Filosofia (Bologna) and Beni Culturali (Ravenna). Researcher
in Latin Language and Literature since April 1st 2000.
Associate Professor since October 15th 2014. Full Professor since March 1st.
Teacher
of "Latin Literature", "Classical Tradition and Fortune",
"Professional Translation from the Ancient Languages", "Latin
Grammar and History" "Latin Language", "Latin Literature" since, respectively, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015.
Member of Centro Studi " La permanenza del Classico"; member
of editorial board of «Eikasmós. - Quaderni Bolognesi di Filologia
Classica». Member of Pontificia Academia Latinitatis.
"Mantua" Award ("Premio Internazionale Virgilio")
2011-2012 for the volume Intacti saltus. Studi sul III
libro delle Georgiche, Bologna 2011.
Interested in Latin poetry (Virgil in primis, but also
Lucretius, Horace, Propertius), Christian Latin ( Augustine),
Declamation (Ps.-Quintilianus), translation studies.
