Education
2016: Diploma di Perfezionamento (PhD) in Classical Philological, Linguistic, and Historical Disciplines at the Scuola Normale Superiore (70/70 cum laude). Thesis: Cirene nel periodo dell’indipendenza (440-320 a.C.): un’élite cittadina e il suo mondo. Supervisor: Carmine Ampolo.
2012: Diploma di Licenza in Classical Philological, Linguistic, and Historical Disciplines at the Scuola Normale Superiore (70/70 cum laude). Thesis: Il diagramma di Tolomeo I ai Cirenei: una nuova edizione di SEG IX.1, 1938, n° 1. Supervisor: Carmine Ampolo.
2010: Master’s Degree (Laurea Specialistica) in Ancient Studies (15/S), curriculum on Ancient History, at the University of Pisa (110/110 cum laude). Thesis: Cirene Ellenistica. Ricerche sulla storia costituzionale di una città greca. Supervisor: Biagio Virgilio.
2008: First-Level Diploma in Classical Philological, Linguistic, and Historical Disciplines at the Scuola Normale Superiore.
2008: Bachelor’s Degree (Laurea Triennale) in Literature, curriculum on Classics, at the University of Pisa (110/110 cum laude). Thesis: SEG IX 3, il Patto dei Fondatori di Cirene. Supervisor: Biagio Virgilio.
2005: High School Diploma at the Liceo Ginnasio Statale L.A. Muratori, Modena (100/100).
Postdoctoral Work Experience
From January 2026: Associate Professor of Greek History (GSD: 10/STAN-01, SSD: STAN-01/A) at the Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna.
11 May 2023: National Scientific Qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) for the position of Second-Tier University Professor in the SSD 10/D1 – Ancient History, obtained with unanimous approval.
From October 2020 to September 2025: Fixed-term Researcher (Type A) in Greek History (GSD: 10/STAN-01, SSD: STAN-01/A) at the University of Perugia.
From January to September 2020: Research Fellow at the University of Pisa.
From August to December 2019: Research Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, DC.
From February to July 2018: Italian Fellow in Classical Studies at the American Academy in Rome.
From December 2016 to December 2017: Research Fellow at the Scuola Normale Superiore.
Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowships
October–November 2016: Jacobi Stipendiat at the Kommission für alte Geschichte und Epigraphik.
November 2014: Boursier de Formation Doctorale at the École Française d’Athènes.
From October 2013 to June 2014: Exchange Fellow between the École Normale Supérieure, Lyon, and the Scuola Normale Superiore.
November 2012: Boursier de Formation Doctorale at the École Française d’Athènes.
July 2011: Participant in the Séminaire de Formation Doctorale organized by the École Française d’Athènes.
Teaching Activity
From the academic year 2025/26, Lecturer in Greek History at Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, where he/she is responsible (by assignment) for the following courses:
From 2021 to 2023: Member of the Teaching Board of the PhD program in History, Arts, and Languages in Ancient and Modern Europe (DOT1423299) at the University of Perugia, cycles XXXVII–XXXVIII.
From 2020 to 2025: Lecturer in Greek History at the University of Perugia, where he/she was responsible (by assignment) for the courses STORIA GRECA (9 ECTS), GEOGRAFIA STORICA DEL MONDO ANTICO (6 ECTS), EPIGRAFIA GRECA (6 ECTS), and STORIA DELLA STORIOGRAFIA GRECA (Master’s course) (6 ECTS).
May 2019: Adjunct Lecturer for the Digital Humanities Laboratory at the University of Macerata, course: Documenti epigrafici e digitalizzazione: lo standard EpiDoc (8 hours).
Scholarly Activity
Research Projects
PRIN 2022: Local Principal Investigator and Vice-PI for the project Memory and space in ancient Athens. Topography, monuments, mindscapes (project code: 2022T3J3LF), with Giorgia Proietti as PI.
PRIN 2017: Member of the local research unit for the project Divination and Greek History (Archaic to Classical). Reassessing Greek Oracular Responses (project code: 20173MPWSH), with Maurizio Giangiulio as PI (local coordinator for the University of Perugia: Massimo Nafissi).
Conference and Panel Organization
Memoria e spazio ad Atene (conference of the PRIN 2022 Project: Memory and Space in Ancient Athens. Topography, Monuments, Mindscapes), University of Perugia, 28–29 November 2024.
Cirene nell’età di Augusto, University of Perugia, 15–16 September 2023.
SAEG VIII. Ottavo Seminario Avanzato di Epigrafia Greca (with Massimo Nafissi), University of Perugia, 12–14 January 2023.
Layout and Materiality of Writing in Ancient Documents from the Archaic Period to Late Antiquity: A Comparative Approach (with Davide Amendola and Cristina Carusi), panel at the Conference in Classics and Ancient History, University of Coimbra, 22–25 June 2021.
Conference Participation (last two years)
“Cyrène et sa garnison sous les Ptolémées : un enjeu complexe”, Les espaces lagides en Méditerranée orientale, Paris, 16–17 October 2025.
“L’orizzonte giuridico: leggi, regolamenti, contratti”, 64° Convegno internazionale di Studi sulla Magna Grecia. La Magna Grecia e l’acqua: natura e cultura, Taranto, 25–28 September 2025.
“Memoria, spazio, elementi marginali: le tabulae curatorum navalium sull’agorà di Atene”, Memory and Space in Classical Athens (and Beyond), University of Trento, 11–12 September 2025.
“Vita culturale e performativa nella Cirene ellenistico-romana”, with Oscar Mei and Oliva Menozzi, ΑΓΩΝΙΣΜΑ. Arti performative, poesia e musica nei centri culturali dell’Ellenismo, University of Rome – La Sapienza, 25–26 June 2025.
“Participation by Ptolemy’s Writ. Cyrene’s Constitution and the diagramma of Ptolemy I”, ‘Sharing in the polis’: citizenship and forms of civic participation in the Greek world, University of Milan, 16–18 June 2025.
“Onymastos fra Delfi e Creta e la datazione della Lex Cathartica di Cirene”, SAEG IX. Seminario Avanzato di Epigrafia Greca, Roma Tre University, 8–10 January 2025.
“Atene e la memoria dei Trenta: un approccio spaziale”, Memoria e spazio ad Atene, University of Perugia, 28–29 November 2024.
“Banchetti e dianomai: due mentalità politiche a confronto nell’Asia Minore di età imperiale romana”, Omaggio a Paul Veyne. Le trasformazioni della politica nel mondo greco (V sec. a.C. – VI sec. d.C.), University of Siena, 20–21 June 2024.
“Lettere imperiali ai Cirenei da Augusto al IV secolo: alcune novità”, Continuità e discontinuità nelle province romane di lingua greca, University of Macerata, 13–14 June 2024.
“Cirene e i Lagidi. Le basi di statua”, La normalità dei Lagidi. Un regno come gli altri nella storia del Mediterraneo ellenistico, University of Bologna, 4–6 April 2024.
