The statue of Athena Promachos, \u201cfirst in battle,\u201d stands high on the Acropolis with gleaming spear, urging the Athenians to \u201cvictory without evil\u201d (Eumenides<\/em>). In Rome, home, by the early 3rd century BCE, to a temple for the goddess Victoria, the ritual declaration of war by the fetiales<\/em> ensured that divine right was on the Roman side. Religion\u2014a term whose applicability to the Greco-Roman world is the subject of ongoing debate\u2014operated at every level of Classical state mechanisms and social control: from the sources of law, to the possible sacrosanctity of officials responsible for promulgating the law (basileus<\/em>, emperor, ephor, tribune), to the hierarchies of individuals and groups.<\/p>\n Pervasive in different ways across Greek and Roman cultures, the entanglements of religion and the state raise questions that remain vitally relevant:<\/p>\n We look forward to bringing together scholars at Princeton for in-depth discussions, over two days, of pre-circulated papers. Each paper will receive a 40-minute slot in our program and be paired with a respondent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Amit Shilo (University of California, Santa Barbara): amitshilo@classics.ucsb.edu<\/a><\/p>\n Dan-el Padilla Peralta (Princeton University): dpadilla@princeton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n