Gaetano De Sanctis

Gaetano De Sanctis (15 October 1870, Rome – 9 April 1957) was an Italian ancient historian, classicist and lifetime senator (1950-1957).

In 1931, he was one of only twelve professors who refused to swear a decreed oath of allegiance to the Fascist regime (Giuramento di fedeltà al fascismo) under Benito Mussolini.

He was governing commissar of the Italian Numismatic Institute from 1944 to 1952 and president of the "Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana" (Treccani) from 1947 to 1954.

[1] Gaetano De Sanctis is considered by many as the most eminent Roman historian of the twentieth century.

[2] His shorter works are collected and indexed as: Momigliano, A. D., 'In Memory of Gaetano De Sanctis (1870-1957)' in: idem[clarification needed], Studies in Modern Scholarship, ed.