Daniele Miano

Daniele Miano is a Professor of History at the University of Oslo, specializing in the history and historiography of early Rome and Italy. He focuses on public monument construction in mid-Republican Rome and the interplay between myth and history in ancient texts. His research also explores the diversity of ancient gods and goddesses, particularly in Italy, using historical semantics to interpret their significance.

• Education: Sapienza University of Rome (BA), Scuola Normale Superiore (PhD 2013).

His work includes editing Myth and History in the Historiography of Early Rome and Gods and Goddesses in Ancient Italy, and contributing to Brill's New Jacoby. He is currently co-editing the forthcoming Handbook of Universal History Writing (Oxford University Press). His teaching courses at the University of Oslo include studies on Alexander the Great, the Roman Empire, and ancient deities.