Center for Global Antiquity

Simone Ciambelli is a Tenure-Track Researcher at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna (Italy), specializing in the social history of the Roman World and Latin epigraphy. His research focuses on non-élite populations, with particular attention to Roman associations (collegia). Additionally, he explores the reception of Roman history—especially its appropriation by fascism — and the contemporary impact of Greco-Roman studies.

He completed his studies at the University of Milan and the University of Bologna. He earned his Ph.D. in 2020 from both the University of Bologna and the Université de Poitiers (France). He is the author of I collegia e le relazioni clientelari. Studio sui legami di patronato delle associazioni professionali nell’Occidente romano tra I e III sec. d.C.(Pàtron Editore, Bologna 2022).

Currently, he is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Global Research Fellow, working on the project The Intermediate Bodies of the Roman Cities: Sociability and Agency of the Middling Groups in Roman Italy (Late Republic - 3rd c. AD) - InBoRC. This project investigates the political, economic, and social role of non-élite groups in the cities of Roman Italy. The research will be conducted over 18 months in the Department of Classics at Brown University (until August 2026), followed by 6 months at Université Paris Cité and 12 months at the University of Bologna.