Tagliacozzo lies in an area inhabited in early historic times by the Equi and the Marsi, although the first mentions of the town dates from the 11th century AD.
In 1874, he is awarded a stipend at the Biningueci competition for La sconfitta di Corradino di Svevia a Tagliacozzo (Defeat of Conradin, Duke of Swabia, at the Battle of Tagliacozzo) and this allowed him to continue studies in Rome and Venice.