Rita Lizzi Testa Explained

Rita Lizzi Testa, also known as Rita Lizzi, is an Italian historian of late antiquity, specialising in Christianity and paganism in the fourth to sixth centuries CE.^[1] She is a Professor of Roman history at the University of Perugia.

Early life and education

Lizzi Testa was born in Terni, Umbria, on 17 August 1956.^[2] She was awarded a degree in Literature at the University of Florence, and completed her doctorate with a dissertation on De Regno by Synesius of Cyrene.

Career

Lizzi Testa lectured in Roman History at the University of Turin before taking up her current position at the University of Perugia.^[3] She serves as a member of the Class of Ambrosian Studies at the Accademia Ambrosiana,^[4] and is a member of the advisory board for CUA Studies in Early Christianity and Christianity in Late Antiquity.^{[5] [6]} During her career, she has worked on five national projects studying the development of ancient institutions in late antiquity.

In 2023, Lizzi Testa was elected to the Accademia dei Lincei.^[7]

Selected bibliography

Books

• (1987) Il potere episcopale nell'Oriente Romano. Rappresentazione ideologica e realtà politica (IV-V secolo d.C.). Roma: Edizioni dell'Ateneo.
• (1989) Vescovi e strutture ecclesiastiche nella città tardoantica (L'Italia Annonaria nel IV-V secolo d.C.). Como: New Press. .^[8]
• (2004) Senatori, popolo, papi. Il governo di Roma al tempo dei Valentiniani. Bari: Edipuglia. .^{[9] [10]}
• (2022) Christian Emperors and Roman Elites in Late Antiquity. New York/London: Routledge. .^{[11] [12]}

Edited volumes

• (2006) Le trasformazioni delle élites in età tardoantica. Atti del Convegno Internazionale (Perugia, 15-16 marzo 2004). Roma: L'Erma di Bretschneider. .
• (ed. with Giorgio Bonamente and Noel Lenski) (2012) Costantino prima e dopo Costantino. Constantine before and after Constantine. Bari: Edipuglia. .
• (2014) The Strange Death of Pagan Rome. Reflections on a Historiographical Controversy. Turnhout: Brepols. .
• (ed. with Michele R. Salzman and Marianne Sághy) (2016) Pagans and Christians in Late Antique Rome. Conflict, Competition, and Coexistence in the Fourth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .^{[13] [14] [15]}
• (2017) Late Antiquity in Contemporary Debate. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-443-84308-9.^{[16] [17] [18]}
• (ed. with Giovanni Alberto Cecconi and Arnaldo Marcone) (2020) The Past as Present. Essays on Roman History in Honour of Guido Clemente. Turnhout: Brepols. .

Notes and References

1. Book: Pagans and Christians in Late Antique Rome: Conflict, Competition, and Coexistence in the Fourth Century . The Wiles Lectures . 2015-11-12 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-107-11030-4 . Salzman . Michele Renee . 1 . xiv . 10.1017/cbo9781316274989 . Sághy . Marianne . Testa . Rita Lizzi.
2. Web site: Curriculum di Rita Lizzi - Università degli Studi di Perugia . 2024-01-05 . www.unipg.it . it.
3. Web site: Lizzi, Rita Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei . 2024-01-05 . www.lincei.it . it.
4. Web site: Class of Ambrosian Studies . 2024-01-05 . Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana . en-US.
5. Web site: CUA Studies in Early Christianity . 2024-01-05 . The Catholic University of America . en.
6. Web site: Christianity in Late Antiquity titles from University of California Press . 2024-01-05 . www.ucpress.edu . en.
7. Web site: 2023-07-31 . Prof.ssa Rita Lizzi Università di Perugia entra nell'Accademia dei Lincei . 2024-01-05 . umbriajournal.com . it-IT.
8. Horsley . G. H. R. . 1993 . Review of Vescovi e strutture ecclesiastiche nella città tardoantica. (L'Italia Annonaria nel IV-V secolo d. C.) . Gnomon . 65 . 5 . 421–426 . 27691388 . 0017-1417.
9. Chauvot . Alain . 2008 . Review of Senatori, popolo, papi. Il governo di Roma al tempo dei Valentiniani. (Munera, 21) . L'Antiquité Classique . 77 . 702–705 . 41813225 . 0770-2817.
10. Montero . Santiago . 2006 . Senatori, popolo, papi. Il governo di Roma al tempo dei Valentiniani . 2024-01-06 . Gerión . 111–112 . 24. 2.
11. Fiorentini . Marzia . April 3, 2023 . Review of: Christian emperors and Roman elites in Late Antiquity . Bryn Mawr Classical Review . 1055-7660.
12. Drake . H. A. . June 2023 . Christian Emperors and Roman Elites in Late Antiquity. By Rita Lizzi Testa. London: Routledge, 2022. xxxi + 279 pp. $143.00 cloth. . Church History . en . 92 . 2 . 409–411 . 10.1017/S000964072300197X . 263633335 . 0009-6407.
13. Greenwood . David Neal . 2018-09-01 . Review: Pagans and Christians in Late Antique Rome: Conflict, Competition, and Coexistence in the Fourth Century, edited by Michele Renée Salzman, Mariane Sághy, and Rita Lizzi Testa . Studies in Late Antiquity . en . 2 . 3 . 426–429 . 10.1525/sla.2018.2.3.426 . 2470-6469.
14. Becker . Matthias . 2017-08-06 . Michele Renee Salzman / Marianne Sághi / Rita Lizzi Testa (Eds.), Pagans and Christians in Late Antique Rome. Conflict, Competition, and Coexistence in the Fourth Century. New York, Cambridge University Press 2016 . Historische Zeitschrift . de . 305 . 1 . 173–174 . 10.1515/hzhz-2017-1292 . 165073624 . 2196-680X.
15. Hones . Stephan . 2013-01-01 . Peter Brown & Rita Lizzi Testa (eds.), Pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire: The Breaking of a Dialogue (IVth–VIth Century A.D.). Proceedings of the International Conference at the Monastery of Bose (October 2008) (Wien: Lit, 2011), 639 pp., ISBN: 978-3-643-90069-2, €79.90 (paperback). . Journal of Religion in Europe . en . 6 . 2 . 263–265 . 10.1163/18748929-00602008 . 1874-8929.
16. Humphries . Mark . 2018 . Late Antiquity in Contemporary Debate ed. by Rita Lizzi Testa (review) . Journal of Late Antiquity . 11 . 2 . 432–434 . 10.1353/jla.2018.0024 . 165397517 . 1942-1273.
17. Gilhus . Ingvild Sælid . 2018-03-01 . Review: Late Antiquity in Contemporary Debate, edited by Rita Lizzi Testa . Studies in Late Antiquity . en . 2 . 1 . 126–128 . 10.1525/sla.2018.2.1.126 . 2470-6469.
18. Web site: Trout . Dennis E. . July 26, 2017 . Rita Lizzi Testa (ed.), Late Antiquity in Contemporary Debate. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017. Pp. 280. ISBN 9781443843089. $90.95. . 2024-01-06 . Bryn Mawr Classical Review.