Valerio Massimo Manfredi
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8 March 1943 Castelfranco Emilia, province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
| Occupation | Writer, essayist, historian, archaeologist, journalist |
| Nationality |
 Italy
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| Period | 1980–present |
| Genre | Historical drama |
| Notable works | Alexander trilogy |
| Spouse | Christine Fedderson Manfredi |
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Valerio Massimo Manfredi (born 8 March 1943) is an Italian historian, writer, essayist, archaeologist and journalist.
He was born in Piumazzo di Castelfranco Emilia province of Modena and, after getting a degree in Classical Arts at the University of Bologna, he became an archaeologist at the Catholic University of Milan, specialising in the topography of the Ancient World.
At the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore itself, he taught from 1980 to 1986, then moved on to an academic career at the Università of Venice (1987) and then at the Loyola University of Chicago, the Sorbonne University in Paris and the Bocconi University in Milan. However, due to his numerous commitments, both national and international, he can no longer lecture full-time, but he holds a visiting professor role.
Between the '70s and the '80s, he has undertaken the "Anabasis" expeditions for the reconstruction of the itinarary of the Ten Thousand's retreat. This expedition covered a total of 18,000 km, with 2,000 photographs being taken. He undertook and led numerous other expeditions, such as: Lavinium, Forum Gallorum and Forte Urbano in Italy, Túcume (Peru), Har Karkom and other overseas locations.
He has also held a series of conferences and seminars at the University of Oxford, University of California, National University of Canberra, Universidad de Antiochia, Universidad de Bilbao, Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo in Tenerife and many others.
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