Pyrrhus’ Legacy Socio-Political Interactions, Mobility, and Identity Formation in South Italy Ed. by Edoardo Bianchi This edited volume presents research pursued within the PRIN‑2022 project Mediterranean Multipolarity and Roman Unipolarity: Power Competition and Collaboration in Graeco‑Roman Geopolitics (3rd–2nd century BCE). The contributions first investigate how the upheavals of the Pyrrhic War affected the relations of the […]

Beyond War Selected studies in Hellenistic Politics A cura di Monica D’Agostini, Paul A. Johstono L’Erma di Bretschneider, Monografie del Centro Ricerche di Documentazione sull’Antichità Classica, 59 2026, ISBN: MONCERDAC59 Link to the publisher 

On December 9, 2025, Edoardo Bianchi, head of the Verona research unit, will host a seminar on “Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, new research perspectives.”

Bergamo Research Unit published a new contribution | L’Unità di Bergamo ha pubblicato un nuovo contributo   Daniela Galli, ‘Per l’esegesi di un verso dell”Ambracia’ di Ennio’, Hermes 153, 2025, 371-376 Abstract The article focuses on one fragment from Ennius’ Ambracia (frg. 2 Manuwald Non. II., I.321 GMS=183M=269L), proposing a different contextualization: the fragment doesn’t […]

 HeRoM Hellenistic and Roman Multipolarity 2025. Beyond War. Personal, Cultural and Economic Factors in Hellenistic Politics 10th–13th September 2025 Università degli studi di Bergamo-Dipartimento di Lettere, Filosofia e Comunicazione The HeRoM project examines interstate relations in the third to the second century BC through an interdisciplinary lens. The project’s objective is to elucidate the characteristics […]

Bergamo Research Unit published a new contribution | L’Unità di Bergamo ha pubblicato un nuovo contributo Monica D’Agostini, The Antigonids and the Illyrians in the Late Third Century, Karanos Supplement 1: Know Thy Neighbor: Macedonia and its Environment ed. by Elizabeth D. Carney, Sabine Müller (2024), 131-150. (series editor Borja Antela-Bernárdez)   Abstract During the […]

New Publication by the Turin Research Unit: Mattia Balbo, Politique et économie à l’âge d’or de la censure (IIIe-IIe siècles), in C. Bur, Th. Lanfranchi, G. Stouder, A. Vincent (éd.), Faire carrière. Ascension politique et mobilité sociale dans le monde romain à l’époque républicaine, Zaragoza-Sevilla, 2025, pp. 69-86 Abstract: il capitolo analizza i poteri economici dei censori […]

THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA BETWEEN ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND ROME | IL MEDITERRANEO TRA ALESSANDRO MAGNO E ROMA Lecture series and Field Trip in Macedonia, Greece, 26-31 May 2025 L’Università degli studi di Bergamo Il Dipartimento di Lettere, Filosofia e Comunicazione ha organizzato una settimana di lezioni in Grecia dedicata agli studenti dei corsi di studio […]

Verona Research Unit published a new contribution | L’Unità di Verona ha pubblicato un nuovo contributo Edoardo Bianchi, Women’s roles at Vulci: The hatrencu at the time of Rome’s expansion in Etruria, AHB 39 (2025), pp. 1-15 Abstract: This article investigates women’s roles at Vulci by focusing on the epitaphs of the so-called Tomb of […]

L’Università degli studi di Bergamo organizza un ciclo di lezioni nel corso del viaggio studio The University of Bergamo organizes a lecture series during the field trip to Macedonia, Greece IL MEDITERRANEO TRA ALESSANDRO MAGNO E ROMA THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA BETWEEN ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND ROME   nell’ambito del progetto: “Mediterranean Multipolarity and Roman Unipolarity. […]

Literature and Power in Middle Republican Rome University of Bergamo, 23-24 May 2025 Organizer: Lucia Degiovanni The conference will explore how Roman authors reflected and responded to the phenomenon of Roman expansionism, examining the ways in which key literary figures portrayed the growth of Roman power and its impact on both Roman and foreign societies. […]

On May 7, 2025, Francesca Della Guardia, member of the Bergamo research unit, will present the first part of her findings by giving a lecture on “Ptolemy V between Hellenism and Rome: dynastic crisis and international relations.”

Tourin Research Unit published a new contribution | L’Unità di Torino ha pubblicato un nuovo contributo M. Balbo, Ambiente, politica ed economia nella Roma del II secolo a.C.: Il caso dell’Aqua Marcia, Archiv für Religionsgeschichte 25 (2023), pp. 337-358 Abstract: This paper reassesses the background of the Sibylline prescription that in 143-140 BC opposed the […]

La rivista Politica Antica, 24 (2024), ha pubblicato cinque studi sul tema ‘ Strumenti del potere nel mondo ellenistico,’ condotti nell’ambito del Progetto “Mediterranean Multipolarity and Roman Unipolarity. Power Competition and Collaboration in the Graeco-Roman Geopolitics (3rd–2nd century BCE)” Money makes the world go round? Financial Resources as Instruments of Power in the Macedonia of […]

Verona,  December 2-3, 2024 Incontro intermedio del progetto PRIN  “HeRoM: Hellenistic and Roman Multipolarity” (2022TW7PHJ) organizzato dall’Unità di Ricerca di Verona coordinata da Edoardo Bianchi. Event of the Project PRIN “HeRoM: Hellenistic and Roman Multipolarity” (2022TW7PHJ)  organized by the Verona Research Unit coordinated by Edoardo Bianchi.     More Infos

Turin, June 27-28, 2024 Incontro inaugurale del progetto PRIN  “HeRoM: Hellenistic and Roman Multipolarity” (2022TW7PHJ), ed è organizzato dall’Unità di Ricerca di Torino coordinata da Mattia Balbo in collaborazione con Marcello Valente dell’Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro”. Opening event of the Project PRIN “HeRoM: Hellenistic and Roman Multipolarity” (2022TW7PHJ), and is organized […]

Bergamo, April 16, 2024 Presentation event of the Project PRIN “HeRoM: Hellenistic and Roman Multipolarity” (2022TW7PHJ) More infos

Milano, Dec. 13-14, 2023 Attività di disseminazione Project PRIN “HeRoM: Hellenistic and Roman Multipolarity” in occasione del convegno “Da Publicola a Mario Politica, economia e antropologia dell’esercito romano repubblicano (509-100 a.C.)” organizzato a Milano da Michele Bellomo dell’Università degli Studi di Milano e Mattia Balbo dell’Università degli Studi di Torino. Pochi temi nella storia sono […]