Anastas Gerdjikov graduated with a master’s degree in 1990 from Humboldt University in Berlin. Since 1990 he has been part-time, and since 1991 he has been a full-time assistant in Latin at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski “. He specialized in Austria and Germany. In 2001 he received the educational and scientific degree” Doctor “. Since 2004 he has been an associate professor of ancient literature. In 2006 he received the degree of “Doctor of Philology”. He has been a professor of ancient and medieval literature since 2008. Prof. Gerdjikov lectures on Latin and Roman literature at the Department of Classical Philology at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” in bachelor ‘s and master’ s degrees. He was Deputy Minister of Education and Science (2001-2003). In the period 2010-2011 and 2011-2014 he was Vice-Rector of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski ”.