Inscribing Flavian Rome: Epigraphic Strategies in Martial's Epigrams

Alessandra Tafaro is a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow at the British School at Rome, working at the intersection between Latin literature and Roman epigraphy. After completing her BA and MA degrees at La Sapienza, University of Rome, she pursued her doctoral studies at the University of Warwick, where she was awarded her PhD in 2021. She has conducted research across Europe and the USA including at Princeton University, the International University of Venice, and the University of Cambridge. She was recipient of a prestigious Rome Award at the British School at Rome in 2022 and held a Visiting Fellowship at the University of Cambridge (CRASSH) in 2024.