Super interesting new publication by Tue Søvsø on Cicero's definition of res publica (Rep. 1.39): "Cicero, Polybius and the Stoics on Political Community: Ingenta Connect - go.shr.lc/41IocvC

BOOK: Benjamin STRAUMANN, The Just State: Greek and Roman Theories of Justice and Their Legacy in Western Thought (Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2025), ISBN 978-1-118-63468-4, 288 p., 85 USD ift.tt/QN8Au1O

A comparison of income inequality in the Roman and Chinese Han empires | Nature Communications nature.com/articles/s4146…

Important new article by Jeff Dymond on Machiavelli's conception of the state and its legacy (OA): link.springer.com/article/10.100…

On Wednesday, 9th April, Benjamin Straumann will join the research seminar of UPS_Politics&Government at Ludovika - University of Public Service. He will introduce his new book, The Just State: Greek and Roman Theories of Justice and Their Legacy in Western Thought (2025). Details with link: ripg.uni-nke.hu/hirek/2025/04/…

Forthcoming in October, The Ancient World, vol. 1 of The Cambridge History of Rights, ed. by C. Ando, M. Canevaro and B. Straumann - bit.ly/4jcdN31

Our Just City ERC project is nearing its conclusion after intense years of research and publishing. We’ll say goodbye with a final conference on May 29-31 at NYU Law School, with keynotes by Carlos Lévy (Paris) and Lauren Benton (Yale)

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V interesting new volume (OA): Vervaet, Frederik Juliaan, Rafferty, David and Dart, Christopher J.. How Republics Die: Creeping Authoritarianism in Ancient Rome and Beyond, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2025. doi.org/10.1515/978311…

Besuch aus Zürich: Am Donnerstag kommt Benjamin Straumann The Just City zu uns und spricht über Cicero und die Menschenrechte. Alle Interessenten sind herzlich willkommen.

Grateful for a truly world-class conference and the opportunity to present our Grotius Census at NYU Law on 29-31 May. Congratulations to Benjamin Straumann for the event and his new book! The Just City wiley.com/en-us/The+Just… global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Conversation on the constitution of the Roman republic: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/sid…

Should we make Classics history? thecritic.co.uk/should-we-make…

JRS review by N. Hächler of Ferris, A Map of the Body, A Map of the Mind: Visualising Geographical Knowledge in the Roman World. Oxford, 2024. isbn 9781803277813. £45.00/US$65.00. | bit.ly/40viv4w

BMCR review by A. Kotarcic of Manuwald, Cicero: De Re Publica – Bryn Mawr Classical Review bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.07.3…

ZRG review by B. Straumann of Jean-Louis Ferrary, La pensée politique de la Rome républicaine et les traités de philosophie politique de Cicéron. degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/1…