克里斯托弗·罗（Christopher Rowe），英国杜拉姆大学古典学与古代史学系希腊语教授，专长为古希腊哲学史和古典文献学，以研究亚里士多德和柏拉图知名。其主要著作包括《优德米亚伦理学和尼可马可伦理学：亚里士多德思想发展研究》、《柏拉图：泰阿泰德与智者篇》、《柏拉图与哲学写作的艺术》，曾注疏赫西奥德的作品和柏拉图的《斐多篇》、《政治家篇》、《斐德罗篇》等；除本书外，他还主编了《柏拉图政治家篇读本》。

马尔科姆·斯科菲尔德（Malcolm Schofield）,剑桥大学圣约翰学院研究员，古代哲学教授，主要研究领域为古代政治思想和西塞罗哲学，其重要著作包括《柏拉图的政治哲学》、《拯救城市》、《斯多葛派的城市观》、《论阿那克萨哥拉》等。除本书外，还主编了《剑桥希腊化哲学史》、《前苏格拉底哲学》。

晏绍祥，首都师范大学历史学院教授，主要研究领域为古代希腊罗马史，曾出版《荷马社会研究》、《古典民主与共和传统》、《古典历史研究史》等著作，译作有《罗马的遗产》、《早期希腊》、《古代世界的政治》、《罗马共和国政制》等，并在《历史研究》等多种刊物上发表学术论文多篇。

Beginning with Homer and ending in late antiquity with Christian and pagan reflections on divine and human order, this volume is the first general and comprehensive treatment of Rome ever to be published in English. Its international team of distinguished scholars includes historians of law, politics, culture and religion, as well as philosophers. The volume will long remain an accessible and authoritative guide to Greek and Roman thinking about government and community.

Review

'It would be hard to think how this superb collection of essays about Greek and Roman political thought could be improved. ... There could be no better introduction than this collection of well-written, scholarly and absorbing essays.' Literary Review

'It is impossible to do justice here to the sweep of this volume ... It belongs on the shelf of every student of politics.' The Anglo-Hellenic Review

'... is nothing less than the very first general and comprehensive treatment of its subject in the English language ... The broad and inclusive conception of [the book] is reflected not only in the range of authors discussed, but also in the heterogeneous authorship of the volume itself ... It is not easy to do justice to a volume of this kind ... There can be no doubt that this well-organized, accessible and carefully produced volume will remain one of the standard overviews of Greek and Roman political thought for years to come.' Arctos