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

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

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