Fergus Millar
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Fergus Millar FBA is Camden Professor of Ancient History Emeritus Oxford University. He received the Kenyon Medal for Classics from the British Academy in 2005. Millar numbers among the most influential ancient historians of the twentieth century.
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Millar was educated at Trinity College (B.A.) and All Souls College, Oxford. At Oxford he studied Philosophy and Ancient History, and received his D. Phil. there in 1962. He has held positions in University College, London and Oxford University, where, from 1984 until his retirement in 2002, he was Camden Professor of Ancient History. Professor Millar has served as editor of the prestigious Journal of Roman Studies (1975-1979) and as President of the British Classical Association (1992-1993), and holding various offices in the British Academy, of which he is a Fellow.
Professor Millar is a renowned authority in the field of ancient Roman and Greek history. His accolades include honorary doctorates from Oxford and Helsinki, and elected memberships in foreign academies. His first book, A Study of Cassius Dio (1964), set the tone for his outstanding and prolific scholarly production. Forty years later, this study is still the best on Cassius Dio, an author central to the understanding of the history of the Roman Empire. His second book, The Emperor in the Roman World (31 BC - AD 337) (1977) is likewise an outstanding contribution. He has continued to produce important works, including The Roman Near East (31 BC - AD 337) (1993), a path breaking, non-Romano-centric treatment of this important area. His further work includes The Crowd in the Late Republic (1998) and The Roman Republic in Political Thought (2002).
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- Millar, Fergus (1964). Study of Cassius Dio. Oxford University Press, 250 pages. ISBN 0198143362.
- Millar, Fergus (1966). Das Römische Reich und seine Nachbarn (in German). Delacorte Press. ASIN B000I12A22.
- Millar, Fergus (1967). Roman Empire and Its Neighbours. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 370 pages. ISBN 0715615696.
- Millar, Fergus (1977). The Emperor in the Roman World, 31 BC-AD 337. Cornell University Press, 657 pages. ISBN 0801410584.
- Millar, Fergus; Erich Segal (1984). Caesar Augustus: Seven Aspects. Clarendon Press, 221 pages. ISBN 0198148585.
- Millar, Fergus (1993). The Roman Near East (31 BC-AD 337). Harvard University Press, 587 pages. ISBN 0674778863.
- Millar, Fergus (1998). The Crowd in Rome in the Late Republic. University of Michigan Press, 236. ISBN 0472088785.
- Millar, Fergus (2002). The Roman Republic in political thought. Hanover, 201 pages. ISBN 1584651997. Series: Menahem Stern Jerusalem lectures
- Millar, Fergus; edited by Hannah M. Cotton and Guy M. Rogers (2002). Rome, the Greek World, and the East vol. 1: The Roman Republic and the Augustan Revolution. Chapel Hill, 383 pages. ISBN 0807849901.
- Millar, Fergus; edited by Hannah M. Cotton and Guy M. Rogers (2004). Rome, the Greek World, and the East vol. 2: Government, Society and Culture in the Roman Empire. Chapel Hill, 470 pages. ISBN 0807855200.
- Millar, Fergus; edited by Hannah M. Cotton and Guy M. Rogers (2006). Rome, the Greek World, and the East: Volume 3: The Greek World, the Jews, and the East. The University of North Carolina Press, 552 pages. ISBN 0807856932.
- Millar, Fergus (2006). A Greek Roman Empire : power and belief under Theodosius II (408-450). University of California Press, 279 pages. ISBN 0520247035.
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- Professor Fergus Millar staff page at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford
- Journal of Jewish Studies announcement of "History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ."
