Cosimo Cascione is Professor of Roman Law in the Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza at  Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy. His research interests comprise Roman law, particularly private, public and constitutional law. Besides that he is concerned with the tradition of Roman law and the Italian civil procedure law.

From July 1 to 3, 2017 he is Senior Fellow at Topoi. During his research stay he works together with research project (B-1-4) Infrastructure by giving new insights into the legal institution of provincial properties in Roman law.