Rita Lizzi Testa, also known as Rita Lizzi, is an Italian historian of late antiquity, specialising in Christianity and paganism in the fourth to sixth centuries CE. [1] She is a Professor of Roman history at the University of Perugia. [1]
Lizzi Testa was born in Terni, Umbria, on 17 August 1956. [2] She was awarded a degree in Literature at the University of Florence, and completed her doctorate with a dissertation on De Regno by Synesius of Cyrene. [2]
Lizzi Testa lectured in Roman History at the University of Turin before taking up her current position at the University of Perugia. [3] She serves as a member of the Class of Ambrosian Studies at the Accademia Ambrosiana, [4] and is a member of the advisory board for CUA Studies in Early Christianity and Christianity in Late Antiquity. [5] [6] During her career, she has worked on five national projects studying the development of ancient institutions in late antiquity. [3]
In 2023, Lizzi Testa was elected to the Accademia dei Lincei. [7]