 He obtained university degrees in Classics, Spanish Philology and Law from Madrid University and a PhD in Classics and Sociology.After the completion of his PhD, he has been lecturer of Classical Studies at the Charles III University of Madrid, Fellow of the Humboldt Foundation at the Chair of Ancient History of the University of Potsdam and Professor at the Department of Ancient History at the Spanish National University of Distance Education (UNED).He has been visiting scholar at several European and American universities, such as Columbia University, University of Florence, Paris West University Nanterre La Défense or Free University of Berlin.