Simona Tarozzi

 She received her MA in Law at the University of Bologna (1995) and her PhD in Roman law and Laws in the Antiquity at the University of Padua (2003). She received a Diploma in Archival Training, Palaeography and Diplomatics at the School of Archival Training of the Bologna State Archives  (1999) and she has practised as an archivist at the Milan State Archives (2000-2002) and at the Darmstadt State Archives (1999). She was Visiting Researcher Fellow at the German Federal Archives in Koblenz, the Law Faculty of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History (Frankfurt am Main) and Visiting Professor at the University of Mainz.

Simona Tarozzi is Associate Professor of Roman Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Trento. She received her MA in Law at the University of Bologna (1995) and her PhD in Roman law  at the University of Padua (2003)

Courses: 2020-2022 Professor of Basic Legal Concepts in the graduate course Labor and Corporate Relations Advisor, Bologna University;
- 2011- 2019 Professor of Institutions of Roman Law in the graduate course Labor and Corporate Relations Advisor, Bologna University;
- 2014 – 2019 Professor of History of Roman Law in the graduate course of Law, Bologna University, Ravenna

Lectures: 2008 - present Lectures on Papyri of Ravenna, Mainz University (chair of Privatrechtsgeschichte der Neuzeit, Prof. Dr. Peter Gröschler); 2010 Lecture Die Entstehung des Corpus Iuris Civilis: Die Konstitutionen Deo Auctore, Omnem und Tanta/Dedoken", Heidelberg University (chair of Digestenexegese, Prof. Dr. Christian Baldus)

The research to date has mainly been in three overlapping areas. These are the legal texts from 400 to 900 CE, particularly Codex Theodosianus, Lex Romana Visigothorum, Lex Visigothorum; legal practice, particularly Ravenna Papyri, Formulae Andecavenses; Formulae Visigothicae; early Anglo-Saxon law. The interest in studies of papyri and manuscripts, developed during the years at the School of Archival practice, Palaeography and Diplomatics, has become soon interdisciplinary, involving Roman law and legal history, with particular attention to granting and management of public land. Additionally, in recent years the research's focus is on the influence of Late Roman culture on customs of Germanic tribes settled in formerly Western Roman Empire territory.

Member in the Research Unit (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano) of the PRIN 2020 “Law and ‘Good Practices’ in Land Management between Roman Antiquity and Today’s Reality: a Sustainable Use of Land in the Light of Roman Land Surveying Texts” (Principal investigator Prof. Lauretta Maganzani).

Workshops
- 27-28 November 2019 Paper “Pretium filiae and the Breach of Bretrothal Agreements in the Visigothic Law”, at the Faculty of Law and Department of Classical Studies, Tel Aviv University (Workshop “Elenchus Instrumentorum II” coordinated by Prof. Uri Yiftach);
- 23 -24 July 2019 Paper “Challenging the Authenticity of Documents in Visigothic Courts”, at the Faculty of Law, Ferrara University (Workshop “Elenchus Instrumentorum” coordinated by Prof. Silvia Schiavo);
- 11-12 April 2019 Paper "Land Grant in Late Antiquity: a pattern for Modern Colonial Regulations?, at the Faculty of Law, Zurich University (Workshop “Historical Perspectives on Property and Land Law – An interdisciplinary dialogue on methods and research approaches coordinated by Prof. Elisabetta Fiocchi Malaspina and Simona Tarozzi);

-26 Febraury Paper2021 Paper "“Regulatory autonomy in Eastern Roman Provinces: Babatha’s archive”, online (Workshop “From rules of international treaties to binding nature of contractual terms. An historical and comparative study” coordinated by Prof. Elisabetta Fiocchi Malaspina, Universität Zürich, and Simona Tarozzi);

-31 marzo - 2 aprile 2022 Paper “Late antique and early medieval rules on fugitive slaves” at the Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, Universität  Bonn (dir. Prof. Martin Schermaier) (Workshop “Norms of Dependency in Late Antique and Early Medieval Societies”;

-29 giugno - 1° luglio 2022 Paper “Editing (unabridged) constitutions: some observations about CTh. 2.18 and its reception in the Code of Justinian” , at the Universität Bamberg (6. Internationaler Workshop “Novel Trends in Research on Unabridged Constitutions” coordinated by Prof. Peter Riedlberger.

2021: Presentation “CTh. 3.5.12 e la prassi visigota:linguaggi giuridici a confronto”, XXV International Conference of the Accademia Romanistica Costantiniana “La costruzione del testo giuridico tardoantico. Culture, linguaggi, percorsi argomentativi e stilistici”, Spello, 23-25 September 2021.

2019: Presentation “Brevi cenni sull’archivio di Babatha”, XI International Conference Ravenna Capitale, "Ravenna Capitale. Tracce e localizzazioni di atti negoziali", Ravenna, 22-23 November 2019.

2018: Presentation "Interpretatio visigotica a C.Th. 8.12.1 e la donatio post obitum della prassi nelle province occidentali”, X International Conference Ravenna Capitale, "Ravenna Capitale. Disciplina degli atti negoziali inter vivos nelle fonti di IV-VII secolo in Occidente", Ravenna, 19-20 October 2018
2017: Presentation "Alluvioni e paludi: strategie d’intervento dell’amministrazione tardoantica”, IX International Conference Ravenna Capitale, "Ravenna Capitale. Il diritto delle acque nell’Occidente tardoantico: utilità comune e interessi privati", Milan, 15-16 December 2017
2016: Presentation “Ravenna Cultural Heritage and Legal History”, International Conference “UNESCO World Heritage Between Education and Economy. A Legal Analysis”, Ravenna, Scuola di Giurisprudenza, Università degli Studi di Bologna, 27-28 October 2016; Presentation “Principles of Roman Law in Modern Colonial Regulations: The Chilean Case”, International Conference Law Between Global and Colonial: Techniques of Empires, Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 3-5 October 2016; Presentation “Législation du Ve siècle sur le régime de la propriété en cas d’alluvion”, LXXe session de la Société International Fernard de Visscher pour l’Histoire des Droits de l’Antiquité, “IUS ET PERICULUM Le droit face au risque dans l’Antiquité”, Paris, 13-17 September 2016.
2015: Presentation “Patrimonio ecclesiastico ravennate, Codice Teodosiano ed i rapporti dei tabellioni con Costantinopoli nei contratti della Chiesa di Ravenna”, VII International Conference Ravenna Capitale, “Ravenna Capitale. Codice Teodosiano e tradizioni giuridiche in Occidente. La terra, strumento di arricchimento e sopravvivenza”, Ravenna 30-31 October 2015; Presentation “Terre e patrimonio ecclesiastico: i Papiri di Ravenna. Una ricerca campione”, XXII International Conference of the Accademia Romanistica Costantiniana, “Frontiere della romanità nel mondo tardoantico. II. Questioni della terra (società economia normazioni prassi), Spello (Perugia), Italy 25-27 June 2015.
2014: Presentation “Il processo nelle Fomulae Andecavenses e Visigothicae”, VI International Conference Ravenna Capitale, “Ravenna Capitale. Giudizi, giudici e norme processuali in Occidente nei secoli IV-VIII”, Ravenna 24-25 October 2014.
2013: Presentation " Il formulario ravennate. Un modello per la redazione del documento in Occidente (VI – VIII d.C.)", V International Conference Ravenna Capitale, "Ravenna Capitale. Territorialità e Personalità. Compresenza di diversi piani normativi", Ravenna, 25-26 October 2013; Presentation "Il diritto romano nelle clausole notarili dei Papiri di Ravenna del VI sec. d.C.”, International Conference "Diritto romano e culture straniere - Influssi e dipendenze interculturali nell'antichità", Villa Vigoni, Loveno di Menaggio (Como), Italy, 29 September - 2 October 2013.
2012; Presentation "La petitio faciendi tutoris specialis di Gundhild in P. Ital. I, 7”, IV International Conference Ravenna Capitale "Ravenna Capitale. Territorialità e Personalità. Compresenza di diversi piani normativi", Ravenna, 26-27 October 2012.
2010: Presentation "Papiri ravennati e charta longobarda: unicità della notitia testium", Conference "Il notariato a Venezia tra X e XV secolo", Venice, 19 - 20 March 2010.
2009: Presentation "Riforma dello Stato e gestione della terra: la questione degli agri deserti nella prospettiva dei codici tardo antichi", Panel Discussion "Réformer la cité. Codifications et reformes dans l'Empire tardif et les Royaumes barbares", École française de Rom, Rome, 30 June - 1° July 2009.
2008: Presentation “Le Code Théodosien et son application en Occident: quelques réflexions sur les Papyrus de Ravenne”, International Conference “Aux sources juridiques de l'histoire de l'Europe: le Code Théodosien”, Université d'Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 4-6 December 2008.
2007: Presentation “Il termine ‘persona’ nelle Istituzioni di Giustiniano” XVIII International Conference of the Accademia Romanistica Costantiniana, Perugia – Spello, Italy, 18-20 June, 2007.
2003: Presentation “Archivi e publica fides. Alcune riflessioni sulla autenticità e conservazione degli atti della Collatio Carthaginiensis (C. Th. 16. 5. 55), XVI International Conference of the Accademia Romanistica Costantiniana, Perugia – Spello, Italy, 12-14 June 2003.

Archival Works

2001 - 2005: Professor of Legal History and History of Archives, School of Archival practice, Palaeography and Diplomatics, State Archives in Milan;
2000-2002: Assistant Archivist at the State Archives in Milan