My main field is the history of the ancient Mediterranean world, with an emphasis on Egypt and papyrology.
My book, a revised version of the PhD thesis, is an extensive socio-economical study of a papyrus archive coming from late antique Oxyrhynchus: L’Archivio degli Apioni. Terra, lavoro e proprietà senatoria nell’Egitto tardoantico, Edipuglia: Bari 2001.
I addressed different aspects of Roman and late antique history: I published articles on late antique administration in Egypt, on the Byzantine accounting system, on women’s role in society, and I compared the management of Egyptian large estates to that of ecclesiastical large estates in Sicily.
I am also interested in ancient religions: I analyzed the relationships between Christians and Jews in late antique Egypt, I wrote on Mark 12:33 (“...is worth more than any burnt offering or sacrifice”) comparing this and other early Christian texts with Graeco-Roman and Jewish sources on sacrifices and I recently re-edited a magical papyrus, P. Oxy. XI, 1384, with an extensive commentary.
At present my research is focused on the birth of Christianity in the wider context of the Roman empire, using papyrological material as a privileged, but not exclusive source. But I am still writing on and studying other topics and themes. Some of my articles are available here.
You can see more details on publications, papers, lectures, etc. in my Curriculum Vitae.