A day that will evoke the circumstances of Paul Veyne's election to the Collège de France, the issues he addressed in his lectures and seminars, the way in which he was part of the institution and the work he carried out there for almost a qu...

This year's lecture explores how Roman jurists, who were also writers, used metaphors to express and even forge their concepts, some of which are still ours today.

The seminar will continue with a reading of Ulpian's "On the Duties of the Proconsul", a kind of guide that allows us to see the Roman provincial governor in action, and to understand how his actions were bound by the law.