Curriculum vitae (short)

Doctor in History from the University of the Balearic Islands (2020) with the doctoral thesis Legati ab Carthagine. Representación de la praxis diplomática púnica en las fuentes filorromanas (264-146 a. C.), Gabriel Rosselló graduated from the same institution in 2005, where he also obtained the Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA) after presenting his Research Report Estudio sobre la fiscalidad en Hispania y Sicilia en época romano-republicana (siglos III y II A.C.), supervised by Professor María Luisa Sánchez León. During this period, he undertook a research stay at La Sapienza. Università di Roma and the Istituto di Studi Romani, under the supervision of Professor Mario Mazza (2006-2007).

His research focuses on Carthage and the Punic world, with special attention to its diplomacy and foreign relations in the Mediterranean context. He also analyses the impact of the Roman Republican expansion in North Africa (3rd–1st centuries BC) and the ethnocentric perception of literary sources. Additionally, he studies war and diplomacy during Rome’s expansion, as well as various aspects of the ancient history of the Balearic Islands.

Although his main scientific activity takes place within the Civitas Research Group (UIB), he is also an external member of the Occidens Research Group (UAM). He is actively involved in the Libera Res Publica excellence network and is a member of Toletum. Red para la investigación sobre la Península Ibérica en la Antigüedad.

He has participated in the national projects El regalo diplomático: simbología, ritualidad y política en el contexto de la expansión romano-republicana (siglos III-I a.C.) (PGC2018-096415-B-C21) and La expresión diplomática en el Mediterráneo central y oriental bajo la expansión romana: el regalo en su contexto político e institucional (PGC2018-096415-B-C22). He is currently a member of the research team for the project Entornos para el diálogo: los espacios de la diplomacia en el ámbito provincial romano durante la República (PID2022-137408NB-100), through which he will undertake a research stay at the Institut Ausonius, based at the Université Bordeaux Montaigne, under the supervision of Professor François Cadiou. He is also workteam's member of the project El tiempo de las Guerras Púnicas y sus relatos: interacción, hibridación y multipolaridad en el Occidente mediterráneo (PID2022-141458NB-I00).

In the field of R&D&I, it is worth highlighting that he leads, as Principal Investigator, an educational innovation project entitled Una imatge val més que mil paraules. La Història acadèmica vs les fake news en format audiovisual (PID232511). Additionally, he has organized or co-organized various scientific meetings, most notably the annual International Seminar on Ancient History Studies: War and Diplomacy in the Roman Republican Era, which has already reached its fourth edition.

He has authored a considerable number of scientific contributions in prestigious national and international journals (Gerión, SHHA, DHA, Ktèma, Latomus, etc.). Among his books and book chapters, the 2023 monograph Relaciones exteriores y praxis diplomática cartaginesa. El período de las guerras púnicas, Libera Res Publica Collection No. 8, Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza; Editorial de la Universidad de Sevilla, stands out.

Throughout his career, he has gained extensive teaching experience at both secondary and university levels and currently serves as the director of the Master's Degree in Mediterranean Studies (MMED).

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