Silvano, at a young age, was a shepherd and mountain man. He worked in the country at his parents ranch until he was sixteen when he moved to Turin. Turin was about fifty kilometers from Val Susa where Silvano went off to school. It was a horrible time for Silvano, for he already considered himself an anarchist at the age of 16 and his professors ideas didn't coincide with his at all. The fascist teachers usually had their cars burned on a regular basis out of pure dislike by revolutionaries.
Military service is forced on all young men in Italy.
During his military service he met a lot of people who shared anarchist ideas. At seventeen he had a close friend with him who was also an anarchist. Together their belief in anarchist ideals grew stronger and stronger. In 1992, this friend committed suicide. He told Silvano that he was tired of living.