Personale docente

Education and Degrees
- Italian Doctoral Degree (degree thesis: "Il lessico latino da Cicerone a Seneca", University of Parma, Italy, 1972; cum laude).
- Master's degree in Latin Language and Literature (cum laude)

Employment: Latin Language and Literature and Latin Grammar
- Research fellow (1972-1980)
- Assistant Professor (1980-2001)
- Associate Professor (2001-present)
- Member of the Ph.D. Board "Filologia greca e latina" (Ph.D. Course, Greek and Latin Philology), University of Parma, University of Urbino, University of Tuscia.

Professional, Departmental and University Service
2001/2002-2010: Coordinator of "Civiltà letterarie e storie delle civiltà" Bachelor degree activities.
2004/2005-2010: Coordinator of "Civiltà antiche e archeologia" and "Arti letterarie e musicali dal Medioevo all'età contemporanea" Master's degrees activities (= "Lettere" L10), "Arti letterarie e musicali dal medioevo all'età contemporanea" (LM-14&45) and "Civiltà antiche e archeologia" (LM-15&2) from 2009).
2005-2008: Member of the Board of Directors (University of Parma)
23/08/2011 - : Member of the Board of Directors (University of Parma)

Research Interests
- Literary, historical and philosophical prose (with special focus on literary, philosophical and political controversies).
- Seneca's language: textual and lexical issues as starting points for broader reserch interests.
- Poetic rhetoric and Latin literature of the Republican Age
- Use of rhetoric throughout Latin culture.
- Christian writers' style and language.