Gabriel Rosselló Calafell
Gabriel Rosselló Calafell (GRC) holds a PhD in Ancient History from the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), awarded with cum laude distinction and nominated for the Extraordinary Doctorate Award. His dissertation, supervised by Prof. Enrique García Riaza, explored Carthaginian diplomacy through an innovative, non-Romanocentric lens, and was praised for its originality and methodological rigor.
A specialist in ancient diplomacy, GRC has published 14 peer-reviewed articles in prestigious journals (Latomus, Ktèma, DHA, etc.) and 10 book chapters, several with international publishers. He is the author of two monographs, notably Foreign Relations and Carthaginian Diplomatic Praxis (2023). His research presents original perspectives on topics such as diplomatic gifts, sacred ambassadors, and Roman-Punic elite networks, and he has presented in over 20 academic conferences both nationally and internationally.
He is an active member of the Civitas Research Group (UIB) and external member of Occidens (UAM), participating in international networks such as Libera Res Publica, Toletum, and Civitas-Occidens. He has contributed to national and regional research projects and is currently part of the IANUA project (PID2022-137408NB-100).
With over 850 hours of university teaching and 14 years of experience in secondary education, he combines strong teaching credentials with excellent evaluations. He co-directs the new MMED Master’s program at UIB and the History BA thesis board, and supervises academic work at both undergraduate and graduate levels. He is also Principal Investigator of an innovative educational project funded by the Balearic Institute for Educational Research and Innovation.
GRC has completed research stays at La Sapienza and the Institut Ausonius, and since 2022, organizes the UIB International Seminar on Ancient History. His future research focuses on Roman diplomacy in North Africa, aiming to further expand his contributions to Mediterranean political and diplomatic history.
Contact: gabriel.rossello@uib.cat
Address: UIB, Carretera de Valldemossa, km 7.5, Nord, 07122 Palma, Illes Balears
A specialist in ancient diplomacy, GRC has published 14 peer-reviewed articles in prestigious journals (Latomus, Ktèma, DHA, etc.) and 10 book chapters, several with international publishers. He is the author of two monographs, notably Foreign Relations and Carthaginian Diplomatic Praxis (2023). His research presents original perspectives on topics such as diplomatic gifts, sacred ambassadors, and Roman-Punic elite networks, and he has presented in over 20 academic conferences both nationally and internationally.
He is an active member of the Civitas Research Group (UIB) and external member of Occidens (UAM), participating in international networks such as Libera Res Publica, Toletum, and Civitas-Occidens. He has contributed to national and regional research projects and is currently part of the IANUA project (PID2022-137408NB-100).
With over 850 hours of university teaching and 14 years of experience in secondary education, he combines strong teaching credentials with excellent evaluations. He co-directs the new MMED Master’s program at UIB and the History BA thesis board, and supervises academic work at both undergraduate and graduate levels. He is also Principal Investigator of an innovative educational project funded by the Balearic Institute for Educational Research and Innovation.
GRC has completed research stays at La Sapienza and the Institut Ausonius, and since 2022, organizes the UIB International Seminar on Ancient History. His future research focuses on Roman diplomacy in North Africa, aiming to further expand his contributions to Mediterranean political and diplomatic history.
Contact: gabriel.rossello@uib.cat
Address: UIB, Carretera de Valldemossa, km 7.5, Nord, 07122 Palma, Illes Balears
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public and private agreements. Lastly, it delves into the nature and composition of embassies through an analysis focused on literary sources.
e intercambio de rehenes y prisioneros. Indagaremos, asimismo, sobre los objetivos verdaderos del modus operandi senatorial a propósito de su política exterior, y también sobre las características del arbitrio.
This paper analyses the development of diplomacy between Rome and the North African states from the end of the Hannibal War to the beginning of the Third Punic War. To this end, it will examine the mechanisms used by the Romans in relation to mediation demands, tribute and gift deliveries, and the keeping and exchange of hostages and
prisoners. We will also examine the underlying objectives of the senatorial modus operandi in foreign policy, as well as the characteristics of its arbitration.
Abstract. Ancient historians report that between the 6th and 2nd centuries BC embassies travelled from Carthage to Tyre to make offerings to the temple of Melqart. Flavius Arrianus define the members of these delegations as θεωροὶ according to the Greek conceptual framework, so that we would be dealing with people of sacred nature. This idea, together with various epigraphic findings that allude to individuals whose titles include “resurrector of the god”, leads us to consider that such commissioners were in fact the representatives of the Punic state in the famous ἐγέρσις of Tyre. A comparative analysis of the literary and archaeological sources now in our possession is intended to provide answers to these questions.
during the period of the Roman Republican expansion. One of these situations is the conloquia, or face-to-face
interviews between military chiefs. This diplomatic practice, previously studied by scholars such as García
Riaza, has a series of common procedures, as we can deduce from reading the classic texts. These mechanisms
seem to have been observed and shared by the Carthaginian commanders and those of other communities
and states of the Mediterranean West, which would place us in front of a common framework of diplomatic
practice