Lo Stato e l'istruzione pubblica nell'Impero Romano

A careful investigation into how the Roman state organized and funded public schooling, this work explores the networks of schools that sprang up wherever Roman legions advanced. By drawing on a wide range of sources—from provincial records to literary testimonies—the author shows how education became a tool for cultural integration, bringing together peoples of diverse languages and customs under a common curriculum of grammar and rhetoric.

The study also critiques earlier scholarship that tended to blur Roman and Greek educational systems, arguing that the imperial period saw a distinct expansion and refinement of schools across the empire. It maps the varying structures of these institutions in different provinces, highlighting the ways local conditions shaped their development. Readers will come away with a clearer picture of how state‑directed education helped forge a shared Roman identity long before the empire’s later decline.