[3] After completing his undergraduate studies at the University of Bucharest in 1964, Tanașoca obtained his Ph.D. in 1979 from the Faculty of Classics of the same university; his thesis, on the influence of Latin on Byzantine Greek vocabulary, was written under the direction of Haralambie Mihăescu [ro].
[4] Tanașoca specialized in the study of classical philology and Balkan cultures,[2] including the Aromanians, of which he published several works.
[5] Tanașoca was the director of the Institute of South-East European Studies [ro] of the Romanian Academy.
He was a monarchist, and was involved in the activities of the Carmen Sylva Research Center of the Princely Archive of Wied.
[2] Tanașoca held the position of vice president of the Macedo-Romanian Cultural Society for a time.