Research Interests
Greek History; Law, Economy, and Institutions of Greek city-states; Greek Epigraphy; Greek Historiography; Documentary Papyrology
Education and Academic Appointments
Apr. 2019 - present: Associate professor of Greek History, University of Parma
Sep. 2018 - Apr. 2019: Annual Member of the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton NJ
Aug. 2013 - Apr. 2019: Assistant professor of Classics, UT Austin
Aug. 2011 - June 2012: CHS Fellow in Hellenic Studies, Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington DC
Aug. 2006 - July 2010: Research Fellow in Greek History, Department of History, University of Parma
Feb. 2006: PhD (70/70, summa cum laude), Classics (Scuola Normale Superiore)
Dec. 1999: Laurea in Lettere (MA) (110/110, summa cum laude), Classics (Università di Pisa)
Selection of Presentations
By invitation
- “Prima, dopo e intorno a Cervia: il sale nel conteso del Mediterraneo antico attraverso le fonti”. LXXIV Convegno internazionale di studi romagnoli, Cervia, October 2023.
- “Soci in affari: cittadini e non cittadini nello spazio economico ateniese”. Workshop Progetto PRIN 2020 “Sharing in the community”: citizenship and society in the Greek world (VII-II century BC), Università degli Studi di Milano, July 2023.
- “The recruitment and remuneration of construction workers in Classical Athens”. Symposion XXII of the Society for Greek and Hellenistic Legal History, Universität Hamburg, August 2019.
- “The organization of the construction industry in Classical Athens”. Department of Classical Studies, University of Michigan, February 2019.
- “The organization of the construction industry in Classical Athens”. Ancient Studies Seminar, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, November 2018.
- “Salt and Fish Processing in the ancient Mediterranean: an economically profitable and mutually beneficial relationship”. The Bountiful Sea. Fish Processing and Consumption in Mediterranean Antiquity, University of Oxford, September 2017.
- "The Evolving Format of Building Accounts in Classical Athens". Legal Documents in Ancient Society VIII. Accounts and Bookkeeping in the Ancient World: Question of Structure, International Conference, Schwetzingen, September 2016.
- “Not Just Temples. The Construction Industry in Classical Athens”. Department of Classics, University of Texas at Austin, September 2016.
- "On the Vocabulary of Building Contracts". 5th Meeting of Young Historians of Ancient Greek Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Law, September 2016.
- "From Athens to Rome: the contracting out of public works between sale and lease". Law, economy, and society: purchase and sale in ancient law and its reception. A workshop at Harvard University, April 2016.
- “New perspectives on Athenian building contracts”. Center for Hellenic Studies Research Symposium, Washington DC, April 2012.
- “Patterns of demand and distribution of bulk commodities: the case-study of salt and salted fish”. Retail and wholesale in the Greek and Roman eastern Mediterranean, International colloquium, Liverpool, January 2012.
- “Le sel dans les auteurs grecs et latins”. Sel, eau et forêt, hier et aujourd’hui, International conference, Saline Royale d’Arc-et-Senans, Besançon, October 2006.
- “Régimes d’exploitation et fiscalité du sel dans le monde grec et romain”. Las Salinas y la sal de interior en la historia: economía, medioambiente y sociedad, International conference, Sigüenza, September 2006.
- “La legge di Agirrio e le syngraphai ateniesi di IV secolo”. Nuove ricerche sulla legge granaria ateniese del 374/3 a.C., International workshop, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, June 2006.
By refereed abstract
- “Il restauro delle fortificazioni ateniesi nel 307/6 tra imprenditori e benefattori (Maier, Mauerbauinschriften 11)”. VII Seminario Avanzato di Epigrafia Greca (SAEG), Sapienza Università di Roma, Janury 2022.
- “On the format of building accounts (again)”. Layout and materiality of writing in ancient documents from the Archaic Period to Late Antiquity: a comparative approach, International Conference in Classics and Ancient History, University of Coimbra, June 2021 (via Zoom).
- “Changing the Epigraphic Habit: from Building Accounts to Building Specifications in Classical Athens”. NACGLE 2020, Georgetown University, Washington DC, January 2020.
- “Temple Building in Classical Athens: A Matter of Labor contingency?”. Meeting of the Association of Ancient Historians (AAH), Providence, May 2017.
- "Stone on stone. The organization of the building-stone industry in Classical Athens through the epigraphic evidence". Second North American Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy, UC Berkeley, January 2016.
- "From stone to archives and back: a case-study on the recording of public contracts in classical Athens". Meeting of the Association of Ancient Historians (AAH), Santa Barbara, May 2015.
- “Athenian syngraphai: archives, stones, and politics”. The Materiality of Texts, International conference, Durham University, September 2012.
- “The lease of the Piraeus theatre and the lease terminology in classical Athens”. 143rd Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association, Philadelphia, January 2012.
- “Le syngraphai ateniesi di V e IV secolo”. Primo Seminario Avanzato di Epigrafia Greca, Bologna, January 2009.
Teaching
University of Parma
Courses taught (2019-present):
Greek History (Undergraduate Lower-Division Lecture Course for Arts and Classics majors);
Greek History LM (Graduate Seminar for Classics MA students);
Greek History (Undergraduate Upper-Division Lecture Course for Philosophy majors) [until 2021];
Greek Epigraphy and Institutions (Undergraduate Upper-Division Lecture Course for Arts and Classics majors) [since 2022].
The University of Texas at Austin
Courses taught (2013-2018):
AHC 325 - History of Greece to the end of the Peloponnesian War (then AHC 325 - Archaic and Classical Greece);
AHC 325 - History of Greece to 146 BC (then AHC 325 - Alexander and the Hellenistic World);
AHC 378 - The Economies of the Greek Cities;
GK 324 - Advanced Greek;
GK 385 - Classical Historiography and Greek Prose;
GK 390 - Epigraphy and the Economy of the Greek Cities;
AHC 319 - Ancient Mediterranean World;
UGS 302 - Leaders and Leadership: Pericles, Alcibiades, and Alexander the Great.
Professional service
- Co-organizer of the workshop Seminario parmense sulla didattica della storia antica, Università di Parma, May 2023 (with Alessandro Pagliara and Luca Iori).
- Head of the Parma research unit of the PRIN 2020 project “Sharing in the community”: citizenship and society in the Greek world (VII-II century BC), Principal Investigator M. Faraguna (Università di Milano Statale). May 2022 - present
- Co-organizer of the workshop Documenti, supporti, layout. Giornata fiorentina fra epigrafia e papirologia, Università degli Studi di Firenze (with Davide Amendola, Francesca Maltomini, and Emilio Rosamilia). May 2022.
- Co-organizer of the panel Layout and materiality of writing in ancient documents from the Archaic Period to Late Antiquity: a comparative approach for the International Conference in Classics and Ancient History, University of Coimbra (with Davide Amendola and Emilio Rosamilia). June 2021.
- Co-organizer of the refereed panel Graphic Display: Form and Meaning in Greek and Latin Writing for the 2019 SCS meeting (with Paula Perlman). January 2019.
- Member of the advisory board of GEI - Greek Economic Inscriptions online. 2018-present.
- Member of the advisory board of the “3rd Congress on the Anthropology of Salt”, Salinas de Añana (Spain), September 2018.
- Co-Organizer, Nuove ricerche sulla legge granaria ateniese del 374/3 a.C. (with Anna Magnetto and Donatella Erdas). International workshop, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, June 2006.
Fellowships, Awards, and Grants
- Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies, Member 2018-2019.
- Grant of the Academic Enrichment Fund, UT Austin, Fall 2016.
- Visiting Scholar, University of Parma, Spring 2016.
- College Research Fellowship, UT Austin, Spring 2016.
- Foreign Language Teaching Excellence nominee, UT Austin, 2015.
- Eurias Program Fellowship, 2013 (declined).
- Center for Hellenic Studies Fellowship, 2011-2012.
- Italian Archaeological School Fellowship, 2005-2006.
- Giorgio Pasquali Fellowship, Scuola Normale Superiore, 2004.
- Scuola Normale Superiore Fellowship for Graduate Studies, 2000-2003.
- Giovani Ricercatori Grant for the research project "Isole e peree in Asia Minore", Scuola Normale Superiore, 2002.
- University of Pisa Best Graduate in Liberal Arts, 1999.
- Scuola Normale Superiore Fellowship for Undergraduate Studies, 1995-1999.
Professional associations
Society for Classical Studies (former American Philological Association); Association of Ancient Historians; American Society for Greek and Latin Epigraphy; Association Internationale d’Épigraphie Grecque et Latine; Mediterranean Studies Association; Consulta Universitaria per la Storia Greca e Romana.
