5 9 ▁and , ▁with ▁the ▁country ▁close ▁to ▁un ification , ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁professor ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Bolog na ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 0 ▁and ▁was ▁elected ▁deput y ▁of ▁the ▁Const itu ent ▁Assembly ▁of ▁Rom agna , ▁again ▁becoming ▁polit ically ▁active ▁up ▁to ▁ 1 8 8 0 , ▁serving ▁as ▁the ▁Mayor ▁of ▁Bolog na ▁from ▁ 1 8 6 2 ▁to ▁ 1 8 6 6 , ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁Senator ▁of ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁Italy . ▁ ▁P ep oli ' s ▁activities ▁in ▁Paris ▁ ▁Sm art ▁notes ▁that ▁" once ▁he ▁arrived ▁in ▁Paris ▁he ▁renew ed ▁his ▁acquaint ance ▁with ▁G io ach ino ▁Ross ini ▁and ▁took ▁on ▁a ▁few ▁libre tto ▁comm issions ▁to ▁supp lement ▁his ▁main ▁income ▁as ▁a ▁t utor ▁of ▁Italian ." ▁Of ▁these , ▁he ▁became ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁the ▁libre tto ▁he ▁prepared ▁for ▁Bell ini ' s ▁I ▁pur it ani , ▁written ▁between ▁ 1 8 3 4 ▁and ▁its ▁premi ere ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 8 3 5 . ▁ ▁In ▁Paris ▁from ▁ 1 8 3 2 , ▁he ▁contributed ▁to ▁L ' Es ule , ▁the ▁newspaper ▁of ▁the ▁Italian ▁ex iles ▁printed ▁in ▁Paris ▁and ▁he ▁is ▁known ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁sal ons ▁of ▁these ▁years , ▁which ▁became ▁a ▁meeting ▁place ▁for ▁Italian ▁revolution aries ▁such ▁as ▁V inc en zo ▁G io ber ti , ▁Nic