Marc Mayer Olivé - Biography#

Doctor in Classic Philology (University of Barcelona) and Doctor honoris causa from the University of Budapest, he has taught at the University of Rome, University of California (Berkeley), University of La Habana and the Autonomous University, among others. He is currently Full Professor of Latin Philology at the University of Barcelona. Member of several academies, including the Institute for Catalan Studies, the Spanish Royal Academy of History, the International Association of Greek and Latin Epigraphy, the Archaeological German Institute and the Heidelberg Academy. He was Director General for the Cultural Heritage of the Catalan Autonomous Government (1999-2003). He is Member of the Board of Directors of the University of Sassari (Italy) and member of the Board of editors of several journals of classical studies.