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Professor Emeritus of the University of Bari with many interests: philology, history and politics from ancient times to the contemporary age, Greek and Latin literature. He directs the Quaderni di storia and collaborates with the Corriere della Sera. His most recent publications include: The Crisis of Utopia; The Democratic Mask of Oligarchy; The Ancients Concern Us; The Fabulous History of the Faux Papyrus of Artémidore; Augustus, Son of God.