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The reflection of 20th-century Italian historiography on the role of Italy in the crisis of the Roman Republic is investigated in the following points: a) the pro-Italic and anti- Roman ...

Despite a relatively abundant body of sources, the reign of Justin II has received limited scholarly attention, being overshadowed by that of his far more famous predecessor, Justinian.

Dealing with clouds as coverings of the angels, Dionysius draws from Orphic hymn 21, as proved by the occurrence of ὀμβροτοκία

This paper focuses on the expression dilatione verborum transmitted in J. Victor’s De epistolis (IV-V cent. A.D.). The iunctura, also transmitted in a late compendium, is not easily ...

In Book VI of Virgil’s Aeneid, the Sibyl closes the catalogue of crimes punished in Tartarus with a summarising formula: ausi omnes immane nefas ausoque potiti (Aen. VI 624).

This paper deals with Hephaestion’s περὶ ποιήματος treatise. The first section explains the treatise’s ...

This paper examines Strabo’s representation of Greek rhetoricians in Asia Minor during the late Republic, with a particular focus on the period between the Mithradatic Wars and ...

There is no need to stress the influence of Greek intellectuals, particularly rhetors, on the education of young members of the Roman elite at the time of Cicero. The aim here is to ...

This article scrutinises Alexandra Eckert’s application of the concept of “cultural trauma” to the legacy of the dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla. It argues that such ...

The article analyzes Fitzgerald's corrections to the original typescript of his short story Two Wrongs prior to its publication in the «Saturday Evening Post», and compares them ...

This study examines Franciscae meae laudes by Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), the only poem in Les Fleurs du Mal not written in French. It is in fact a Latin poem of 33 octosyllabic ...

Teresa Verzeri in her letters to confessors is called to fulfill an autobiographical task that is strongly influenced by two factors: the first concerns the writer's relationship with ...

A prince of the Church, a man of spirituality, and an authoritative interpreter of the Catholic Reformation, Federico Borromeo (1564-1631) was also a distinguished scholar and a writer.

Although it represents a minor work compared to the astigiano's tragedies, the tragicomedy Adelonda di Frigia, written by Federico Della Valle, appears as a text of multiple resonances.

The paper presents an anonymous, carnival-like chant, Li Solfanzini di Siena, which turns out to be the only attestation of the existence of a youth-group of Sienese nobles, active ...

This article sheds light on literary life in the Duchy of Milan during the second half of the sixteenth century through the figure of the poet Giovanni Filippo Gherardini, revealing ...

Paolo Giovio - physician, bishop and historian - was one of the most influential figures in Italian culture in the first half of the 16th century. His letters offer a privileged insight into ...

Angelo Colocci (1467-1549) played a central role in the development of Roman antiquarianism, yet his actual work on ancient inscriptions remains largely overlooked. This article explores ...

The manuscript catalog of the library of the humanist Aulus Ianus Parrhasius (ms. Napoli, Biblioteca Nazionale, Lat. 61) hands down the title «Marinus in Plinium», not yet identified ...