Anna Chiaiese is a teacher of Latin and Greek at the classical high school. PhD in gender studies, she is part of the SIS. She deals with gender, sexuality and historical anthropology of the ancient world.
Can one tell the history of Greek and Roman civilisation by talking only about men, and famous men at that? For centuries it has been so, but today, as detectives reopening a cold case, we can question the official versions and look at the past with new eyes, including the rest of humanity of that world: women, children, slaves, foreigners. In doing so, we…