[1] In 1927, she was the general editor of Athenaeum, following the death of her mentor Carlo Pascal.

She became a private teacher at the University of Pavia in 1930, the same year as her magnum opus - the three volumes of Oratorum Romanorum fragmenta - was published.

In this role she published several studies and translations of ancient authors including Lucan and Cicero.

In 1946 she took up the role of Professor Greek at the University of Pavia before switching to the chair in Latin in 1950.

[2] In 1970, she received an honorary doctorate in philosophy from the University of Vienna, and in 1978 she was elected to membership of the Accademia dei Lincei.