Ivano Dionigi

After graduating from the 'Terenzio Mamiani' high school in Pesaro, he graduated in classical literature at the University of Bologna. At the same University he trained as a researcher and as a lecturer in 1990. In 1999 he became founder and director of the La Permanenza del Classico Study Center. On 27 May 2009 he was elected Rector of the University of Bologna, with 1282 preferences. Over the years his studies have focused mainly on Lucretius and Seneca, on the relationship between Christians and Pagans. He has also made over a hundred publications. He is a Member of the Italian Communist Party, he was part of the Bologna City Council. == Publications ==

• Due interpretazioni unilaterali di Lucrezio, in "Studi Urbinati", 1973. • L. Anneo Seneca, De otio. Testo e apparato critico con Introduzione, Versione e Commento a cura di I. Dionigi, Brescia 1983 • Lucrezio. Le parole e le cose, Bologna 1988 • Commento a T. Lucrezio Caro, La natura delle cose, Milano 1990. • Verba et res, morfosintassi e lessico del latino (con E. Riganti e L. Morisi), Bari 1997. • Necessità dei classici in AA.VV., Di fronte ai classici, Milano 2002. == References ==