Clifford Ando is an historian of religion, law and government in the ancient world. His first book, Imperial Ideology and Provincial Loyalty in the Roman Empire (University of California Press, 2013), won the Society for Classical Studies' Goodwin Award of Merit. Ando was co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Roman Law and Society (Oxford University Press, 2016). His recent work has focused on law and political economy in ancient empires and the forms of power exercised by ancient states. Future projects study the formation of the Roman community in Italy and a collaborative edition of surviving Roman laws. Currently, Ando is the David B. and Clara E. Stern Distinguished Service Professor and Chair in the Department of Classics Department at the University of Chicago.