Editorial team
Editor
JULIUS CESAR
MAGALHÃES DE OLIVEIRA
Professor of Ancient History at the University of São Paulo. He is the author of Potestas Populi (2012), and Sociedade e Cultura na África Romana, (2020), and co-editor (with Cyril Courrier) of Ancient History from Below (2022).
ISABELLA CASTELETI
Newsletter
Graduating in History at USP, she studies the representations of working women in epitaphs in the city of Ostia between the 1st century BC and 2nd century AD. She is the associate editor of Boletim Subalterno, the research group's newsletter.
MARCIO MONTENERI
Assistant Editor
Master in Social History from the University of São Paulo. He studies the aristocratic houses of Ostia in Late Antiquity from the point of view of both the aristocratic proprietors and the subaltern groups.
JESSICA BRUSTOLIM
Books
Master's degree student in Social History at the University of São Paulo. She prepares a dissertation on the curse tablets as a social practice. She is one of the editors of the section Books.
GIOVAN DO NASCIMENTO
Books
PhD student in Social History at USP and CNPq scholarship holder. He investigates the effects of exile on the communication of Nicene clerics in Vandal Africa based on the work of Fulgentius of Ruspe. He is one of the editors of the Books section.
RAFAEL MONPEAN
Books
PhD in History from USP. He studied sensory transformations in N. African cities in Late Antiquity, focusing on subaltern experiences. He is one of the editors of the Books section.
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Authors
AIRTON POLLINI
Archaeologist and historian of the ancient Greek world, professor at the Université de Haute-Alsace, Mulhouse (France). He is the is editor (with Sophie Montel) of La Question de l'espace au IVe siècle av. J.-C. dans les mondes grec et étrusco-italique, by Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté, 2018.
ANITA FATTORI
PhD student in Social History from the University of São Paulo and FAPESP scholarship holder. She prepares her thesis on "Assyrian Women and Trade Networks of the 20th and 19th centuries BCE". She is part of the USP Ancient Near East Laboratory.
CARLOS MACHADO
Historian and professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews (Scotland). His research is focused on the late antique period, especially in Rome and Italy. He is the author of the book Urban space and aristocratic power in late antique Rome, Oxford University Press (2019).
CRISTINA ROSILLO-LÓPEZ
Professor of Ancient History at Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Spain). She studies the political culture and the social and economic history of Ancient Rome. She is the author of the book Public Opinion and Politics in the Late Roman Republic, Cambridge University Press (2017).
Professor of Roman History at Aix-Marseille Université (France). He has published several works on the social and economic history of ancient Rome, Roman epigraphy, and popular culture. He is the author of the book La plèbe de Rome et sa culture, by École Française de Rome (2014).
CYRIL COURRIER
DELPHINE DRIAUX
Egyptologist and archaeologist, she is currently Deputy Director of the University of Vienna Middle Egypt Project. Since 2021, she is leading the research project “Representations and Reality of Poverty in ancient Egypt”, funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), hosted at the University of Vienna.
ERICA ANGLIKER
Archaeologist and researcher at the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London. She is preparing the publication of her thesis on the cult of gods and heroes in the Cycladic islands during the Archaic and Classical periods and investigates the cultic practices of shepherds, travelers, and other groups outside the polis.
Professor of Ancient History at the University of Santa Catarina. He studies the role of foreigners and slaves in Athenian democracy, and the Hellenistic cities in the perspective of Global History. He is the author of A Democracia Ateniense pelo Avesso, published by Edusp (2014).
FABIO AUGUSTO MORALES
Professor of Ancient History at the University of Ouro Preto. He studies the social and economic history of Rome, focusing on the theme of slavery. He is the author of Libertate opus est: escravidão, manumissão e cidadania à época de Nero, published by Editora Progressiva (2010), among other books.
FABIO DUARTE JOLY
FILIPE SILVA
PhD student in Cultural History at the University of Campinas. He studies the slavery and society in Imperial Rome and its provinces through the inscriptions. He is the author, with Pedro Paulo Funari, of the book Roma Antiga: Historias que você sempre quis saber, by Fonte editorial (2019).
GIOVANNI PANDO BUENO
Currently pursuing a Master's degree in Social History at USP (University of São Paulo), he is preparing a dissertation on visuality and memory in the political disputes of Rome during the times of Caesar and Augustus. He is a member of the Laboratory for Near Eastern Studies.
JEAN-PIERRE GUILHEMBET
Professor of Roman History at the Université Paris Diderot - Université de Paris and Vice-President of the Société Française d'Histoire Urbaine. He studies ancient urban history, especially the city of Rome, on which he has published articles and book chapters.
JONATHAN CRUZ MOREIRA
He has a Master's degree in History from UNIFESP. He studies the forms of popular participation and collective action in Rome in the Late Republic. He is a researcher from GEHAM, linked to UNITAU.
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JOSÉ KNUST
Historian and professor at the Federal Fluminense Institute. He researches the Social, Political and Economic History of ancient Italy in the republican period. He is member of the Ciro Cardoso Center for Research on Pre-Capitalism.
JULIANA MARQUES MORAIS
She has a PhD in Social History from the University of São Paulo. She studies the processes of demonisation of religious adversaries in Roman Africa from the fourth to the fifth century AD.
KOSTAS VLASSOPOULOS
Historian and professor of Ancient History at the University of Crete. He studies the history of slavery and intercultural encounters in Antiquity, among other topics. He is the author of Unthinking the Greek Polis , published by Cambridge UP (2007), and Historicising Ancient Slavery , published by Edinburgh UP (2021).
LOURDES CONDE FEITOSA
PhD in Cultural History from Unicamp and professor at Unisagrado. She has dedicated herself to the study of graffiti in Pompeii, focusing on sexuality and gender relations. She is the author of the book Love and Sexuality: the masculine and feminine in Pompeii graffiti, by Annablume (2005).
Senior Lecturer in Roman History at the University of Edinburgh (Scotland). She studies the cultural history of the Roman world and, in particular, its popular culture. She is the editor and co-author of Popular Culture in the Ancient World, by Cambridge University Press (2017).
LUCY GRIG
MARCOS LEITÃO DE ALMEIDA
PhD in African History from Northwestern University and substitute professor at UFJF, he is the author of the book Quebrando o Silêncio: a longa história da escravidão no Baixo Congo, published by Editora Vozes (2024).
Graduated in History from USP, she is the author of the blog Leituras de uma Historiadora on Instagram. She researched the transformations in the forums of Lepcis Magna (North Africa) in Late Antiquity. She was editor of the Interviews section of the blog.
NARA OLIVEIRA
PEDRO BENEDETTI
PhD student in Social History from the University of São Paulo. He studies the relations between Roman populations and barbarians in 4th- and 5th c. Gaul. He is the translator of Amiano Marcelino, Histórias, livro 31 e Anônimo Valesiano, published by Editora CRV (2016).
PEDRO PAULO FUNARI
Historian and archaeologist, he is Professor of Ancient History at Unicamp. He is the author and co-author of more than 100 books, among them Popular Culture in Classical Antiquity (Contexto, 1989) and Historical Archeology: Back from the Edge (Routledge, 1999).
RENATA SENNA GARRAFFONI
Professor of Ancient History at the Federal University of Paraná. She is interested in the Roman Empire and has studied the lives of the common people, the graffiti of Pompeii and the gladiatorial fights. She is the author of Gladiadores na Roma Antiga, by Annablume (2005).
THAIS ROCHA DA SILVA
Egyptologist (Oxon), postdoctoral fellow at the University of São Paulo, Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College (University of Oxford) and an archaeologist of the Amarna Project. She studies the homes and domestic space of the ancient Egyptians during the New Kingdom (c. 1550-1069 BC).