Employs the metaphor of the body politic in Ancient Rome to rethink the transition from the Republic to Principate.

A thematic introduction to Roman political thought that shows the Romans' enduring contribution to key political ideas.

"Christine de Pizan's Body Politic (1406-1407) is the first political treatise to have been written not just by a woman, but by a woman capable of holding her o

How did Roman writers use the metaphor of the body politic to respond to the downfall of the Republic? In this book, Julia Mebane begins with the Catilinarian C

That the Roman republic died is a commonplace often repeated. In extant literature, the notion is first given form in the works of the orator Cicero (106-43 BCE