His main area of research is the relationship between Rome and the Eastern Kingdoms. His doctoral research was devoted to the 12th book of Strabo's Geography, focusing on the description of Cappadocia and Pontus. In particular, he examined the relationship between the geographer's work and the historical context in which it was produced, i.e. the complex period from the establishment of the Principate of Augustus to the Principate of Tiberius.
In 2023-2024 he was a research fellow at the University of Genoa. Through the collection of prosopographical data, historiographical and documentary sources, a basic index of the most important Greek literary, artistic and intellectual figures involved in diplomatic relations with Rome was created. These were personalities from the ruling class of the Greek poleis or Hellenistic kingdoms, linked to the world of art and culture and able to boast a high cultural and political authority in the eyes of Rome. In fact, the investigations were directed towards the phenomenon of soft power in the Hellenic world, with the aim of defining the role of Greek intellectuals in the relations between the communities of Hellenistic culture and Rome, a dominant power that, in the face of a clear economic and military superiority, never allowed itself to be dominated.
economic and military superiority, never hid its debt to the literary and artistic tradition of the Greeks, even if it sometimes distanced itself from it.
He is currently working on the publication of his first book, a partial revision of his doctoral thesis: Strabo's Cappadociae (Cappadocia and Pontus). A Historical Commentary on Geography 12. 13, Berlin - New York, c.s. At the same time, he is researching Roman imperialism in Anatolia, focusing on the strategies of control that Rome implemented in the Eastern Kingdoms.
