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Biography |
- Born in Genoa in 1942,
he has lived in Como since 1945. - 1966. He graduated with honors in Law at Milan State University. He started his scientific career in the study of Roman law reared in the school of Gaetano Scherillo, Arnaldo Biscardi and Gabrio Lombardi. - 1968. Specialization diploma in Roman history and Italic Antiquity with M. A. Levi and G. Tibiletti. - 1969. Attorney and in 1975 lawyer, he practised law for ten years. - 1972. Permanent assistant at the chair of Roman law at Pavia University. - 1973. Lecturer with tenure of Exegesis of sources of Roman law at Pavia University. - 1980. He wins a chair competition and he is Professor of History of Roman law at Parma University. - Since 1983, he is Professor of History of Roman law at the faculty of Pavia University and at the Catholic University of Milan, where he is still teaching. - 1994. He is one of the founders of the School of Law at Como University of Insubria where he is teaching Institutions and Roman law History, as well as Roman History at the Science of the Cultural Heritage course and Science of Tourism course. - Since 1994, he has been director of Law Science Institute and member of boards of directors of the University of Insubria. - Since 1975, he has been editor of the Archaeological Review of the Ancient Province and Diocese of Como, as well as honorary supervisor of the Archaeological Superintendency of Lombardy: the work as supervisor let him cooperate in real terms to the discovery and conservation of the archaeological heritage in Como area. - Since 2004, he has been Director of the Roman law, History and Philosophy of law Department. |
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Research interests |
Research interests mainly
focus on problems of method and the Roman public law. He supports
an eclectic and interdisciplinary methodology, which considers all
the disciplines related to historical and legal research, above all
archaeology and epigraphy. The object is the reconstruction of the public Roman structures and, in particular, the constitutional legitimacy in the late republic, determined by an exhaustive analysis of the ancient sources and compared in the light of the dogmatics adopted by the contemporary constitutionalism. The two-tiered perspective, that is both applicable to the ancient times and to current historical times is shown in other studies, such as the law of premium and the limits of the property studies. Researches on citizenship and on the legal aspects of the Roman expansion in Italy and in the Mediterranean area have been done and still they are. The focus is on some institutions related to the Roman legal experience: foedera, ius Latii, coloniae, municipia, pagi, castella and so on. The foundation of the hypotheses that he had done was verified on some ethnic and geographical realities such as Spain, Brutium, the Northern Italy and Como, whose history was reconstructed in an original way, thanks to the jurist point of view. The aim is to go on with such local controls in order to have the most complete picture of the Romanization. The attention about the archaeological sources has been firm, this has sometimes allowed to succeed in new interpretations on founds which were a much debated question, e.g. the amphitheatre and thermae in Como and in Insubria region. |
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Representative publications |
He published nearly one hundred
publications on different subjects: from archaeology to history, from
Roman law to the present days arguments. In particular: Comum oppidum. Premessa allo studio delle strutture amministrative romane, Como 1973. Foedus, Ius Latii, Civitas. Aspetti costituzionali della romanizzazione in Transpadana, Padova, Cedam, 1979. Storia di Como antica. Saggi di archeologia, diritto e storia, 1, como, New Press, 1997 (1999 2th ed.). Catullo e Cecilio sullo sfondo di Novum Comum, Como, New Press, 2005. |
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