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Manfredi Zanin

Universität Bielefeld, Fakultät für Geschichtswissenschaft, Philosophie und Theologie, Akademischer Rat auf Zeit

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PhD in Classics and Ancient History (Venice 2022), at present Akademischer Rat (Assistant Professor, Associate Lecturer) at the Faculty of History, Philosophy and Theology - Department of History of the University of Bielefeld (Germany). My researches focus mainly on the history of the Hellenistic World, Roman Republican politics, ancient prosopography, ancient numismatics, and the history of classical scholarship and tradition.
Address: Fakultät für Geschichtswissenschaft, Philosophie und Theologie
Abt. Geschichtswissenschaft - Fg. Alte Geschichte
Universität Bielefeld
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I triumviri monetali degli anni 150-70 a.C. ca. (Antiquitas, Reihe I. Abhandlungen zur alten Geschichte - 81), Bonn 2025

A new prosopographical analysis of the Republican triumiviri monetales of the years 150-70 BCE ca... more

L'aristocrazia senatoria e l'egemonia del Mediterraneo. Uno studio sulle forme dell'imperialismo romano nel II secolo a.C. (Historia – Einzelschriften 274), Stuttgart 2024.

Negli studi sull’imperialismo romano forte è la tendenza ad adottare interpretazioni sistematiche... more Negli studi sull’imperialismo romano forte è la tendenza ad adottare interpretazioni sistematiche o idealmente onnicomprensive. L'attenzione alla dimensione personale, alle costellazioni politiche e alle singole vicende finisce spesso con il giocare un ruolo secondario. Questo lavoro colloca invece al centro dell'interpretazione storica gli attori, qui specialmente i membri dell’aristocrazia senatoria, e l'analisi del particolare. L'indagine muove dai profili della concorrenzialità e dell'atomizzazione politica, delle 'Prominenzrollen' aristocratiche, delle esperienze e delle tradizioni delle famiglie senatorie, evidenziando il loro peso nelle dinamiche imperialistiche di secondo secolo. Acquista così importanza e significato lo studio di come le singole personalità e famiglie dell'aristocrazia si fossero confrontate con la nuova dimensione mediterranea dell'egemonia romana e con gli attori politici stranieri per alimentare la propria posizione politica, i propri interessi e le proprie ambizioni. L'imperialismo di secondo secolo viene qui colto come prodotto di un insieme di eventi e occasioni, interessi e spinte contrapposte, da apprezzare nella loro specificità.

Papers by Manfredi Zanin

Faustus Felix, in: Latomus 83/2 (2024), 337-360

This paper puts forward a new analysis of Faustus Cornelius Sulla’s coin series (RRC 426, 56 BCE)... more This paper puts forward a new analysis of Faustus Cornelius Sulla’s coin series (RRC 426, 56 BCE). Its main contention is that the agnomen FELIX on RRC 426/1-2 should not be regarded as an explicative legend, marking the ‘Sullan’ types as opposed to those related to Faustus’ persona. FELIX should be seen, on the contrary, as an onomastic element of Faustus himself. This weakens the relevance of the stylistic chiasmus in the light of which Faustus Sulla’s coinage has mostly been interpreted until today. A new discussion of the obverse of RRC 426/2 is thus put forward, arguing for the identification of the male bust with Hercules and, more precisely, for an imitation of the Tyrian coinage coeval with Faustus’ issues (as already argued by Lydia H. Lenaghan).

L. Cassius Caeicianus tra Saturnino e la Guerra sociale, in: Athenaeum 112/1 (2024), 28–42

This article attempts a new discussion of the epigraphic, numismatic and prosopographical evidenc... more This article attempts a new discussion of the epigraphic, numismatic and prosopographical evidence about the late Roman republican moneyer L. Cassius Caeicianus (RRC 321, 100 BCE). In all likelihood, both the natural and the adoptive family of Caeicianus were of equestrian, non-senatorial status. Even though they should not be interpreted as means of propaganda, his coin types suggest that he was politically associated with L. Apuleius Saturninus and/or Gaius Marius. No other L. Cassius is known in these years, except for the members of the noble Cassii Longini and the tribune of the plebs of 89 BCE, responsible for stirring up the creditors against the urban praetor L. Sempronius Asellio, who had safeguarded the debtors and ended up being lynched. On the basis of our knowledge, it is reasonable to assume that Caeicianus and the tribune L. Cassius were the same person. Together, these pieces of information allow us to outline the political activity of a member of the broader Roman upper class in the years between Saturninus’ tribunates and the Social War, filled with social, political and economic distress.

Le legazioni asiatiche degli anni 172 e 171 a.C., in: Rivista di Filologia e di Istruzione Classica 151 (2023), 273-290

It has frequently been maintained that a Roman legation which, according to Livy, was sent to the... more It has frequently been maintained that a Roman legation which, according to Livy, was sent to the Greek East in 172 should be considered an annalistic doublet of a legation dispatched later, probably in the winter of 172/171. This paper argues in favor of the historicity of the legation, without denying possible manipulation by Roman sources concerned to legitimate the punishment of Rhodes in 167 after the end of the Third Macedonian War.

Origini e genealogia dei Decimii della media Repubblica, in: Studi Classici e Orientali 69 (2023), 77-88

This article concerns the prosopography of the Decimii in the third and second century BCE. I arg... more This article concerns the prosopography of the Decimii in the third and second century BCE. I argue for a Praenestine origin of the Decimii known as members of the Roman Senate and for a close relationship between them and the Decimii attested in the Latin city. A hypothetical stemma of the Decimii of the Middle Republic is thus advanced

La cronologia della legazione di Scipione Emiliano a Oriente, in: Revue des Études Anciennes 125/1 (2023), 55-72

This paper provides a new discussion of the date of the Roman embassy led by P. Cornelius Scipio ... more This paper provides a new discussion of the date of the Roman embassy led by P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus to the Greek East. Based on an analysis of the main sources on the embassy (the excerpta Constantiniana of Diodorus Siculus, Cicero’s Lucullus and De re publica, as well as the works of Plutarch and Strabo), the paper argues that the traditional reconstruction, which has been defended most of all by Alan E. Astin, who argued that the embassy took place in 140-139 BCE, after Scipio’s censorship, must be considered the right one, forcing us to reject the revisionist attempt of Harold B. Mattingly to date the embassy
prior to Aemilianus’ censorship.

Die Titinii der Mittleren Republik, in: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 225 (2023), 275-278

L'Empereur face aux Anciens. I giorni di Sant'Elena, in: FuturoClassico 8 (2022), 116-150

The pages written by the St. Helena memorialists and those dictated by the Emperor are paramount ... more The pages written by the St. Helena memorialists and those dictated by the Emperor are paramount to the understanding of the entangled and agonistic relationship between Napoleon and Antiquity after the end of his struggle for supremacy. This paper discusses in detail some salient leitmotifs of Napoleon’s reflections and views. In the years of the exile, his confrontation with intellectual products and historical figures of the ancient world emerges in all its complexity, not only as a series of comments on literary or military matters, but mainly as a tool to interpret and reflect on the métier d’historien and the course of human history.

Introduzione: Napoleone e l'Antico

by Manfredi Zanin and Federico Santangelo

Il monumento dei Domizi Enobarbi, in: Epigraphica 84 (2022), 539-548

This paper re-examines the inscription of an honorary monument of the Domitii Ahenobarbi found re... more This paper re-examines the inscription of an honorary monument of the Domitii Ahenobarbi found reused in a compitum from the Area Sacra di Sant’Omobono (AEp 1991, 279). Its main contention is that Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 96 BCE) could not be both the commissioner and one of the three Domitii honoured by the monument. It is likely that these Domitii were the first three consuls of the family (192, 162, 122). Some hypotheses about the chronology of the monument and its exploitation in the contemporary political arena are put forward.

The Domitii Ahenobarbi in the Second Century BCE, in: Arctos 55 (2021), 319-335

This paper deals with the controversial identities of three Domitii Ahenobarbi and argues that tw... more

Rileggere Friedrich Münzer. "Römische Adelsparteien und Adelsfamilien" cento anni dopo, in: Rivista Storica Italiana 133/2 (2021), 664-701

Written one hundred years after the publication of Römische Adelsparteien und Adelsfamilien, the ... more Written one hundred years after the publication of Römische Adelsparteien und Adelsfamilien, the present paper sets out to reconsider Friedrich Münzer’s historical vision. Münzer did not analyse Roman politics merely from a prosopographical perspective that narrowly focused on partisan struggles. On the contrary, he put forward a more complex interpretation of the historical development of Republican Rome and its aristocracy, keenly sensitive to ideological, social, and even ‘policy-related’ aspects. In this paper, I intend, firstly, to identify and explain the centres of gravity of Münzer’s analysis; secondly, to reconsider the definition of the arcana imperii of the Roman aristocracy and point out the aspects that reveal a more structured and deeper interpretation of the levers of power of the Roman Republic by Münzer.

The Last Postumii Albini, in: Hermes 149/4 (2021), 474-486

The genealogy of the Postumii Albini from the second half of the second century BCE onwards is un... more The genealogy of the Postumii Albini from the second half of the second century BCE onwards is uncertain and debated. This article attempts a new discussion of the evidence. Its main contention is that A. Postumius Albinus, cos. 99, should be distinguished from the homonymous legate, brother of Sp. Postumius Albinus, cos. 110; that the two moneyers A. Postumii Albini were, in all likelihood, not directly related to each other and were probably sons of the last two consuls of the family; and, as a consequence, that at least two lines of descent between the second and the first century BCE can be discerned. On the basis of these results, a new stemma of the ancient patrician family of the Albini is put forward.

Autorappresentazione e onomastica: riflessioni sulla monetazione romano-repubblicana, in: Atti del II Seminario Interdisciplinare del Dottorato interateneo Ca' Foscari Venezia - Udine - Trieste in Scienze dell’Antichità, EUT, Trieste 2021

Scholarship on numismatic self-representation of senatorial families has always paid attention to... more Scholarship on numismatic self-representation of senatorial families has always paid attention to the iconography of Roman Republican coins, usually overlooking the onomastic features. This paper is an attempt to (partially) fill this gap: it focuses on some aspects of the onomastic formulae employed by late Republican moneyers and highlights their significance for further research on the ideology and prosopography of the Roman aristocracy.

„Ein römischer Gegenspieler des Polybios“ — Friedrich Münzers letzter Aufsatz, in: History of Classical Scholarship 3 (2021), 89-140

The manuscript of a hitherto unpublished paper by Friedrich Münzer (1868–1942) has recently been ... more The manuscript of a hitherto unpublished paper by Friedrich Münzer (1868–1942) has recently been discovered by T. Corey Brennan in the Nachlass of Ernst Badian (1925–2011). Written in Winter 1938–1939 on the invitation of Ronald Syme (1903–1989), and sent to him for publication in the Journal of Roman Studies, the article focuses on A. Postumius Albinus, the consul of 151 BCE and annalist, and his relationship with Polybius. The text of Münzer’s paper, which is his last known scholarly work, is here preceded by an introductory note on the history of the manuscript and the editorial criteria, and includes an addendum on some of the key historical issues discussed by Münzer.

Zur fraglichen Identität des Münzmeisters Q. Marcius (RRC 283), in: Museum Helveticum 77/2 (2020), 216-220

This article discusses the identity of the moneyer Q. Marcius (RRC 283 – ca. 118 BCE). Many schol... more This article discusses the identity of the moneyer Q. Marcius (RRC 283 – ca. 118 BCE). Many scholars renounced any attempt to identify him, but some evidence suggests that the moneyer could have been the son of Q. Marcius Rex (cos. 118), who died during his father’s consulate. Although we cannot completely exclude the possibility that the moneyer was a member of a family still lacking a cognomen, our identification represents a plausible solution.

Die Vorbilder des Kaisers. Caracalla zwischen exemplum Sullanum und imitatio Alexandri, in: Historia 69/3 (2020), 362-389

This paper reconsiders the political facets and purposes of Caracalla’s imitatio Alexandri and es... more This paper reconsiders the political facets and purposes of Caracalla’s imitatio Alexandri and esteem for Sulla. Both emulations represented the result of a well-pondered political way of thinking and acting. On the one hand, Caracalla reclaimed the exemplum Sullanum displayed by his father, and sought to lead fruitfully the edgy relationships with the Roman political class also through the political role-model embodied by Sulla; on the other hand, by activating the cultural and historical heritage of Alexander in the hellenophone and Near Eastern provinces, the Emperor aimed to interact effectively with the local communities, elites, and populations.

Servilia familia inlustris in fastis. Dubbi e certezze sulla prosopografia dei Servilii Gemini e Vatiae tra III e I secolo a.C., in: Tyche 34 (2019), 221-236.

Tyche, 2019

La prosopografia dei Servilii rappresenta un tema dibattuto, indagato, da ultimi, da E. Badian e ... more La prosopografia dei Servilii rappresenta un tema dibattuto, indagato, da ultimi, da E. Badian e G. Alföldy. Prendendo le mosse dalla questione dell’identità del monetale C. Servilius M.f., questo contributo intende dimostrare che i Servilii noti come Vatiae non adoperavano tale cognomen tra II e I secolo a.C., almeno sistematicamente e con finalità autorappresentative. Conseguentemente, vengono ridiscussi problemi metodologici e prosopografici concernenti la discendenza dei Servilii Gemini.

Il triumviro monetale Cordus e i tipi monetali dell'emissione RRC 403: due questioni controverse, in: Rivista Italiana di Numismatica e Scienze Affini 120 (2019), 87-116

This article aims to shed new light on the coin series RRC 403, struck in 70/69 BC and signed by ... more This article aims to shed new light on the coin series RRC 403, struck in 70/69 BC and signed by the moneyers Calenus (consul in 47 BC) and Cordus. The first section restates the probable belonging of Cordus to the Mucii Scaevolae family. Nevertheless, although the majority of scholars currently follows Crawford’s identification of Cordus with Publius Mucius Scaevola (pontifex ca. 72-60 BC), the so far-ignored Gaius Mucius Scaevola, the younger brother of Publius, who lived in the first half of the first century BC, could be an ideal candidate as well. The second section discusses the interpretation of the coin types: while the obverse representation of Italia and Roma alludes, as is known, to the census carried out in 70/69 BC, the jugate heads of Honos and Virtus, personifications associated in particular with Gaius Marius, probably recall the seven times consul. This mixture of themes attributable to Pompeian and Marian entourages can be easily explained by taking into consideration the figures of Fufius Calenus and Scaevola Cordus – the former a well-known popularis politician, and the latter the brother-in-law of Pompey.

I triumviri monetali degli anni 150-70 a.C. ca. (Antiquitas, Reihe I. Abhandlungen zur alten Geschichte - 81), Bonn 2025

A new prosopographical analysis of the Republican triumiviri monetales of the years 150-70 BCE ca... more

L'aristocrazia senatoria e l'egemonia del Mediterraneo. Uno studio sulle forme dell'imperialismo romano nel II secolo a.C. (Historia – Einzelschriften 274), Stuttgart 2024.

Negli studi sull’imperialismo romano forte è la tendenza ad adottare interpretazioni sistematiche... more Negli studi sull’imperialismo romano forte è la tendenza ad adottare interpretazioni sistematiche o idealmente onnicomprensive. L'attenzione alla dimensione personale, alle costellazioni politiche e alle singole vicende finisce spesso con il giocare un ruolo secondario. Questo lavoro colloca invece al centro dell'interpretazione storica gli attori, qui specialmente i membri dell’aristocrazia senatoria, e l'analisi del particolare. L'indagine muove dai profili della concorrenzialità e dell'atomizzazione politica, delle 'Prominenzrollen' aristocratiche, delle esperienze e delle tradizioni delle famiglie senatorie, evidenziando il loro peso nelle dinamiche imperialistiche di secondo secolo. Acquista così importanza e significato lo studio di come le singole personalità e famiglie dell'aristocrazia si fossero confrontate con la nuova dimensione mediterranea dell'egemonia romana e con gli attori politici stranieri per alimentare la propria posizione politica, i propri interessi e le proprie ambizioni. L'imperialismo di secondo secolo viene qui colto come prodotto di un insieme di eventi e occasioni, interessi e spinte contrapposte, da apprezzare nella loro specificità.

Faustus Felix, in: Latomus 83/2 (2024), 337-360

This paper puts forward a new analysis of Faustus Cornelius Sulla’s coin series (RRC 426, 56 BCE)... more This paper puts forward a new analysis of Faustus Cornelius Sulla’s coin series (RRC 426, 56 BCE). Its main contention is that the agnomen FELIX on RRC 426/1-2 should not be regarded as an explicative legend, marking the ‘Sullan’ types as opposed to those related to Faustus’ persona. FELIX should be seen, on the contrary, as an onomastic element of Faustus himself. This weakens the relevance of the stylistic chiasmus in the light of which Faustus Sulla’s coinage has mostly been interpreted until today. A new discussion of the obverse of RRC 426/2 is thus put forward, arguing for the identification of the male bust with Hercules and, more precisely, for an imitation of the Tyrian coinage coeval with Faustus’ issues (as already argued by Lydia H. Lenaghan).

L. Cassius Caeicianus tra Saturnino e la Guerra sociale, in: Athenaeum 112/1 (2024), 28–42

This article attempts a new discussion of the epigraphic, numismatic and prosopographical evidenc... more This article attempts a new discussion of the epigraphic, numismatic and prosopographical evidence about the late Roman republican moneyer L. Cassius Caeicianus (RRC 321, 100 BCE). In all likelihood, both the natural and the adoptive family of Caeicianus were of equestrian, non-senatorial status. Even though they should not be interpreted as means of propaganda, his coin types suggest that he was politically associated with L. Apuleius Saturninus and/or Gaius Marius. No other L. Cassius is known in these years, except for the members of the noble Cassii Longini and the tribune of the plebs of 89 BCE, responsible for stirring up the creditors against the urban praetor L. Sempronius Asellio, who had safeguarded the debtors and ended up being lynched. On the basis of our knowledge, it is reasonable to assume that Caeicianus and the tribune L. Cassius were the same person. Together, these pieces of information allow us to outline the political activity of a member of the broader Roman upper class in the years between Saturninus’ tribunates and the Social War, filled with social, political and economic distress.

Le legazioni asiatiche degli anni 172 e 171 a.C., in: Rivista di Filologia e di Istruzione Classica 151 (2023), 273-290

It has frequently been maintained that a Roman legation which, according to Livy, was sent to the... more It has frequently been maintained that a Roman legation which, according to Livy, was sent to the Greek East in 172 should be considered an annalistic doublet of a legation dispatched later, probably in the winter of 172/171. This paper argues in favor of the historicity of the legation, without denying possible manipulation by Roman sources concerned to legitimate the punishment of Rhodes in 167 after the end of the Third Macedonian War.

Origini e genealogia dei Decimii della media Repubblica, in: Studi Classici e Orientali 69 (2023), 77-88

This article concerns the prosopography of the Decimii in the third and second century BCE. I arg... more This article concerns the prosopography of the Decimii in the third and second century BCE. I argue for a Praenestine origin of the Decimii known as members of the Roman Senate and for a close relationship between them and the Decimii attested in the Latin city. A hypothetical stemma of the Decimii of the Middle Republic is thus advanced

La cronologia della legazione di Scipione Emiliano a Oriente, in: Revue des Études Anciennes 125/1 (2023), 55-72

This paper provides a new discussion of the date of the Roman embassy led by P. Cornelius Scipio ... more This paper provides a new discussion of the date of the Roman embassy led by P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus to the Greek East. Based on an analysis of the main sources on the embassy (the excerpta Constantiniana of Diodorus Siculus, Cicero’s Lucullus and De re publica, as well as the works of Plutarch and Strabo), the paper argues that the traditional reconstruction, which has been defended most of all by Alan E. Astin, who argued that the embassy took place in 140-139 BCE, after Scipio’s censorship, must be considered the right one, forcing us to reject the revisionist attempt of Harold B. Mattingly to date the embassy
prior to Aemilianus’ censorship.

Die Titinii der Mittleren Republik, in: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 225 (2023), 275-278

L'Empereur face aux Anciens. I giorni di Sant'Elena, in: FuturoClassico 8 (2022), 116-150

The pages written by the St. Helena memorialists and those dictated by the Emperor are paramount ... more The pages written by the St. Helena memorialists and those dictated by the Emperor are paramount to the understanding of the entangled and agonistic relationship between Napoleon and Antiquity after the end of his struggle for supremacy. This paper discusses in detail some salient leitmotifs of Napoleon’s reflections and views. In the years of the exile, his confrontation with intellectual products and historical figures of the ancient world emerges in all its complexity, not only as a series of comments on literary or military matters, but mainly as a tool to interpret and reflect on the métier d’historien and the course of human history.

Introduzione: Napoleone e l'Antico

by Manfredi Zanin and Federico Santangelo

Il monumento dei Domizi Enobarbi, in: Epigraphica 84 (2022), 539-548

This paper re-examines the inscription of an honorary monument of the Domitii Ahenobarbi found re... more This paper re-examines the inscription of an honorary monument of the Domitii Ahenobarbi found reused in a compitum from the Area Sacra di Sant’Omobono (AEp 1991, 279). Its main contention is that Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 96 BCE) could not be both the commissioner and one of the three Domitii honoured by the monument. It is likely that these Domitii were the first three consuls of the family (192, 162, 122). Some hypotheses about the chronology of the monument and its exploitation in the contemporary political arena are put forward.

The Domitii Ahenobarbi in the Second Century BCE, in: Arctos 55 (2021), 319-335

This paper deals with the controversial identities of three Domitii Ahenobarbi and argues that tw... more

Rileggere Friedrich Münzer. "Römische Adelsparteien und Adelsfamilien" cento anni dopo, in: Rivista Storica Italiana 133/2 (2021), 664-701

Written one hundred years after the publication of Römische Adelsparteien und Adelsfamilien, the ... more Written one hundred years after the publication of Römische Adelsparteien und Adelsfamilien, the present paper sets out to reconsider Friedrich Münzer’s historical vision. Münzer did not analyse Roman politics merely from a prosopographical perspective that narrowly focused on partisan struggles. On the contrary, he put forward a more complex interpretation of the historical development of Republican Rome and its aristocracy, keenly sensitive to ideological, social, and even ‘policy-related’ aspects. In this paper, I intend, firstly, to identify and explain the centres of gravity of Münzer’s analysis; secondly, to reconsider the definition of the arcana imperii of the Roman aristocracy and point out the aspects that reveal a more structured and deeper interpretation of the levers of power of the Roman Republic by Münzer.

The Last Postumii Albini, in: Hermes 149/4 (2021), 474-486

The genealogy of the Postumii Albini from the second half of the second century BCE onwards is un... more The genealogy of the Postumii Albini from the second half of the second century BCE onwards is uncertain and debated. This article attempts a new discussion of the evidence. Its main contention is that A. Postumius Albinus, cos. 99, should be distinguished from the homonymous legate, brother of Sp. Postumius Albinus, cos. 110; that the two moneyers A. Postumii Albini were, in all likelihood, not directly related to each other and were probably sons of the last two consuls of the family; and, as a consequence, that at least two lines of descent between the second and the first century BCE can be discerned. On the basis of these results, a new stemma of the ancient patrician family of the Albini is put forward.

Autorappresentazione e onomastica: riflessioni sulla monetazione romano-repubblicana, in: Atti del II Seminario Interdisciplinare del Dottorato interateneo Ca' Foscari Venezia - Udine - Trieste in Scienze dell’Antichità, EUT, Trieste 2021

Scholarship on numismatic self-representation of senatorial families has always paid attention to... more Scholarship on numismatic self-representation of senatorial families has always paid attention to the iconography of Roman Republican coins, usually overlooking the onomastic features. This paper is an attempt to (partially) fill this gap: it focuses on some aspects of the onomastic formulae employed by late Republican moneyers and highlights their significance for further research on the ideology and prosopography of the Roman aristocracy.

„Ein römischer Gegenspieler des Polybios“ — Friedrich Münzers letzter Aufsatz, in: History of Classical Scholarship 3 (2021), 89-140

The manuscript of a hitherto unpublished paper by Friedrich Münzer (1868–1942) has recently been ... more The manuscript of a hitherto unpublished paper by Friedrich Münzer (1868–1942) has recently been discovered by T. Corey Brennan in the Nachlass of Ernst Badian (1925–2011). Written in Winter 1938–1939 on the invitation of Ronald Syme (1903–1989), and sent to him for publication in the Journal of Roman Studies, the article focuses on A. Postumius Albinus, the consul of 151 BCE and annalist, and his relationship with Polybius. The text of Münzer’s paper, which is his last known scholarly work, is here preceded by an introductory note on the history of the manuscript and the editorial criteria, and includes an addendum on some of the key historical issues discussed by Münzer.

Zur fraglichen Identität des Münzmeisters Q. Marcius (RRC 283), in: Museum Helveticum 77/2 (2020), 216-220

This article discusses the identity of the moneyer Q. Marcius (RRC 283 – ca. 118 BCE). Many schol... more This article discusses the identity of the moneyer Q. Marcius (RRC 283 – ca. 118 BCE). Many scholars renounced any attempt to identify him, but some evidence suggests that the moneyer could have been the son of Q. Marcius Rex (cos. 118), who died during his father’s consulate. Although we cannot completely exclude the possibility that the moneyer was a member of a family still lacking a cognomen, our identification represents a plausible solution.

Die Vorbilder des Kaisers. Caracalla zwischen exemplum Sullanum und imitatio Alexandri, in: Historia 69/3 (2020), 362-389

This paper reconsiders the political facets and purposes of Caracalla’s imitatio Alexandri and es... more This paper reconsiders the political facets and purposes of Caracalla’s imitatio Alexandri and esteem for Sulla. Both emulations represented the result of a well-pondered political way of thinking and acting. On the one hand, Caracalla reclaimed the exemplum Sullanum displayed by his father, and sought to lead fruitfully the edgy relationships with the Roman political class also through the political role-model embodied by Sulla; on the other hand, by activating the cultural and historical heritage of Alexander in the hellenophone and Near Eastern provinces, the Emperor aimed to interact effectively with the local communities, elites, and populations.

Servilia familia inlustris in fastis. Dubbi e certezze sulla prosopografia dei Servilii Gemini e Vatiae tra III e I secolo a.C., in: Tyche 34 (2019), 221-236.

Tyche, 2019

La prosopografia dei Servilii rappresenta un tema dibattuto, indagato, da ultimi, da E. Badian e ... more La prosopografia dei Servilii rappresenta un tema dibattuto, indagato, da ultimi, da E. Badian e G. Alföldy. Prendendo le mosse dalla questione dell’identità del monetale C. Servilius M.f., questo contributo intende dimostrare che i Servilii noti come Vatiae non adoperavano tale cognomen tra II e I secolo a.C., almeno sistematicamente e con finalità autorappresentative. Conseguentemente, vengono ridiscussi problemi metodologici e prosopografici concernenti la discendenza dei Servilii Gemini.

Il triumviro monetale Cordus e i tipi monetali dell'emissione RRC 403: due questioni controverse, in: Rivista Italiana di Numismatica e Scienze Affini 120 (2019), 87-116

This article aims to shed new light on the coin series RRC 403, struck in 70/69 BC and signed by ... more This article aims to shed new light on the coin series RRC 403, struck in 70/69 BC and signed by the moneyers Calenus (consul in 47 BC) and Cordus. The first section restates the probable belonging of Cordus to the Mucii Scaevolae family. Nevertheless, although the majority of scholars currently follows Crawford’s identification of Cordus with Publius Mucius Scaevola (pontifex ca. 72-60 BC), the so far-ignored Gaius Mucius Scaevola, the younger brother of Publius, who lived in the first half of the first century BC, could be an ideal candidate as well. The second section discusses the interpretation of the coin types: while the obverse representation of Italia and Roma alludes, as is known, to the census carried out in 70/69 BC, the jugate heads of Honos and Virtus, personifications associated in particular with Gaius Marius, probably recall the seven times consul. This mixture of themes attributable to Pompeian and Marian entourages can be easily explained by taking into consideration the figures of Fufius Calenus and Scaevola Cordus – the former a well-known popularis politician, and the latter the brother-in-law of Pompey.

Pietas popularis? Riflessi di ideologia graccano-popolare nei tipi monetali di M. Herennius (RRC 308), in: Erga/Logoi 6 (2018), 185-232

Around the year 108 B.C., the triumvir monetalis M. Herennius issued denarii which bore the portr... more Around the year 108 B.C., the triumvir monetalis M. Herennius issued denarii which bore the portrait of Pietas on the obverse and one of the Catanean brothers carrying his parent on the reverse. This article aims to demonstrate that previous interpretations of these types as narrow allusions to the history of the gens are fallacious. Accordingly, new arguments are provided in order to give value to the political-ideological context of the last decades of the II century B.C.: in these years, pietas emerged alongside libertas as a fundamental value of the popularis ideological construct. This tradition was inspired by the oratorical and literary self-representation of Gaius Gracchus, that made his pietas erga fratrem and the pious portrayal of the family an important pillar of his legitimizing agenda. The political heirs of the Gracchi, such as C. Memmius and L. Apuleius Saturninus, continued to claim vengeance for the killed brothers and to blame the behaviour of the optimates – so that pietas remained a profitable slogan of the popularis political tradition. In this respect, Aetna’s eruptions in the Gracchan period and their explanation as prodigia formed an ideal humus for actualising the type of the Catanean brothers as catalyzing reference to the pietas popularis.

Trattato romano-etolico, in: Axon 1 (2017), 181-204

The remaining fragments of this inscription, which constitute a translation from Latin to the Gre... more The remaining fragments of this inscription, which constitute a translation from Latin to the Greek north-west koine, retain some valuable terms of the treaty which Rome concluded with the Aetolian League in 212/211 BC, with the purpose of forming an alliance against the Macedonian king, Philip V. This epigraphic text is a fundamental source, not only to obtain an accurate analysis of the diplomatic and military events of the so-called First Macedonian War, but also to understand the complicated development of the political and military relations between Romans and Greeks (in particular Aetolians), especially in the period which goes from the Hannibalic war to the coming of Rome in the Hellenistic world.

Napoleone e l'Antico

by Manfredi Zanin and Federico Santangelo

Rezension: K. K. Vé, "Romulus, Quirinus et Victoria. La construction d'une mémoire collective à Rome entre 338 et 290 av. J.-C.", in: sehepunkte 23/6 (2023)

Recensione: J.-M. David / F. Hurlet, "L'auctoritas à Rome", in: sehepunkte 22/4 (2022)

Review: K.-J.Hölkeskamp, "Roman Republican Reflections. Studies in Politics, Power and Pageantry", in: sehepunkte 21/6 (2021)

Recensione: "L’età di Silla" e "La generazione postsillana" (a cura di M.T. Schettino, G. Zecchini), in: Lexis 38/2 n.s. (2020), 651-672

Cronaca della Giornata di Studi "Napoleone e l'Antico" (7 maggio 2021), in: Bollettino di Studi Latini 51/2 (2021), 596-598

Report on the International Conference "A Community in Transition: Roman History, 200-134 BC - The British School at Rome, 17-18 January 2019", in: Bollettino di Studi Latini 49.1 (2019), 301-305

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Intervento in occasione dei seminari "Roma antica. Storia e documenti" presso l'Università Ca' Fo... more

"Mos nefandae dirus saeuitiae". Male mort e vilipendio del cadavere: fenomenologia, ideologia e scopi dai Gracchi a Silla - 5 novembre 2019

Intervento in occasione di "Classicamente. Dialoghi senesi sul mondo antico - Frammenti di storia... more

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Intervento in occasione del II Seminario Interdisciplinare della Scuola Dottorale Interateneo in ... more

Numismatik und Prosopographie: Zwei Seiten derselben Medaille? Einige Fallstudien aus den Münzmeistergremien der letzten Jahrzehnte des 2. Jahrhunderts v.Chr. - 23. Juli 2019

Vortrag im Rahmen des 10. Numismatischen Sommerseminars Institut für Numismatik und Geldgeschicht... more

Prosopografia e politica romano-repubblicane cento anni dopo Friedrich Münzer - 19 febbraio 2019

Seminario permanente di Storia romana "Fare politica", a c. di F. Rohr, R. Mangiameli, A. Valenti... more

Interview with Ca' Foscari University for the CUSGR 2022 prize ("best Italian PhD dissertation in Ancient History")

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