Giusto Traina

Giusto Traina is a prominent Italian ancient historian and Byzantinist. Since 2011 he has been a professor of Roman history at Sorbonne Université and, since 2023, also at the Università del Salento. He is a former senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France.
He is the author of numerous books and articles. Formerly interested in ancient landscapes and techniques, he is currently involved in a long-term research about ancient Armenia.

Life

Traina was born in Palermo.
He was awarded the Premio Nazionale 'Cherasco Storia' for his book La resa di Roma. Battaglia a Carre, 9 giugno 53 a.C..
He is a member of the Conseil Scientifique de la recherche historique de la Défense.
He was recently Fellow of the Berliner Antike-Kolleg, of the Bogliasco Foundation, and of the Topoi Excellence Cluster at Berlin. He was Dumanian Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago. He is presently visiting professor at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster.
In the Anglophone world he is most noted for his book 428 AD : An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire, in which he which gives a panoramic view across the geographical extents of the Roman Empire in a single year.