About
Cecilia graduated from Rutgers University with a BA in Classics and Art History, and MPhil in Classics from the University of Cambridge. Her MPhil thesis, entitled 'Athletics, Spectacle, and the Representation of the Male Body,' puts third-century statues of Roman athletes and gladiatorial reliefs from the city of Aphrodisias in dialogue with ancient literature on the male sporting body. In this thesis, she questions the semiotics of the male body and the vulnerability of the concept of 'manliness' in Greco-Roman tradition. She has excavated at Rutgers Archaeological field school at Vacone, Italy, with a focus on the conservation of mosaics on Roman floor at the site. Her research interests lie in the visual culture, religious and social history of the Roman imperial period and Late Antiquity.
