Dr. Bottone was born in Milan, Italy. He received his B.A. and M.A. in Classics from the Università degli Studi di Milano, and his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the City University of New York. His current research focuses on Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura and its early modern reception. He previously taught at Lehman College, the University of Memphis, and George Mason University, and joined UTSA in 2022.
Research Interests
Ancient didactic poetry
Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura
Ancient and early modern atomic theories
Seventeenth-century Tuscan experimenters
Galileo
The Accademia del Cimento.
Degrees
• M.A. and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, City University of New York
• B.A. and M.A. in Classics, Università degli Studi di Milano
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