Fergus Millar

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Fergus Millar FBA (born 5 July 1935) is Camden Professor of Ancient History "Emeritus", Oxford University. He received the [http://www.britac.ac.uk/misc/medals/kenyon.html Kenyon Medal] for Classics from the [http://www.britac.ac.uk/misc/index.html British Academy] in 2005. Millar numbers among the most influential ancient historians of the twentieth century.

Detailed biography

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. degree 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 Journal of Roman Studies (1975-1979) and as President of the [http://www.classicalassociation.org British Classical Association] (1992-1993), and holding various offices in the British Academy, to which he was elected a Fellow in 1976 [ [http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/archive.asp?fellowsID=368 British Academy Register] ] .

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).

Publications

* cite book
last =Millar
first =Fergus
title =Study of Cassius Dio
publisher =Oxford University Press
date =1964
pages =250 pages
id =ISBN 0198143362
* cite book
last =Millar
first =Fergus
title =Das Römische Reich und seine Nachbarn
publisher =Delacorte Press
language= German
date =1966
id =ASIN B000I12A22
* cite book
last =Millar
first =Fergus
title =Roman Empire and Its Neighbours
publisher =Weidenfeld & Nicolson
pages=370 pages
date =1967
id =ISBN 0715615696
* cite book
last =Millar
first =Fergus
title =The Emperor in the Roman World, 31 BC-AD 337
publisher =Cornell University Press
pages=657 pages
date =1977
id =ISBN 0801410584
* cite book
last =Millar
first =Fergus
coauthors =Erich Segal
title =Caesar Augustus: Seven Aspects
publisher =Clarendon Press
pages=221 pages
date =1984
id =ISBN 0198148585
* cite book
last =Millar
first =Fergus
title = [http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=acls;cc=acls;q1=roman%20near%20east;rgn=title;view=toc;idno=heb01455.0001.001 The Roman Near East (31 BC-AD 337)]
publisher =Harvard University Press
pages=587 pages
date =1993
id =ISBN 0674778863
* cite book
last =Millar
first =Fergus
title =The Crowd in Rome in the Late Republic
publisher = [http://www.press.umich.edu University of Michigan Press]
pages=236
date =1998
id =ISBN 0472088785
* cite book
last =Millar
first =Fergus
title =The Roman Republic in political thought
publisher =Hanover
pages=201 pages
date =2002
isbn = 1584651997 Series: [http://copac.ac.uk/wzgw?id=10125427&field=series&terms=Menahem+Stern+Jerusalem+lectures+ Menahem Stern Jerusalem lectures]
* cite book
last =Millar
first =Fergus
coauthors =edited by Hannah M. Cotton and Guy M. Rogers
title =Rome, the Greek World, and the East vol. 1: The Roman Republic and the Augustan Revolution
publisher =Chapel Hill
pages=383 pages
date =2002
id =ISBN 0807849901
* cite book
last =Millar
first =Fergus
coauthors =edited by Hannah M. Cotton and Guy M. Rogers
title =Rome, the Greek World, and the East vol. 2: Government, Society and Culture in the Roman Empire
publisher =Chapel Hill
pages= 470 pages
date =2004
isbn = 0807855200
* cite book
last =Millar
first =Fergus
coauthors =edited by Hannah M. Cotton and Guy M. Rogers
title =Rome, the Greek World, and the East: Volume 3: The Greek World, the Jews, and the East
publisher =The University of North Carolina Press
pages= 552 pages
date =2006
isbn = 0807856932
* cite book
last =Millar
first =Fergus
title =A Greek Roman Empire : power and belief under Theodosius II (408-450)
publisher =University of California Press
pages= 279 pages
date =2006
isbn = 0520247035

ee also

*Cassius Dio

Notes

External links

* [http://faculty.orinst.ox.ac.uk/index2.php?member=millar Professor Fergus Millar] staff page at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford
* [http://www.jjs-online.net/index.php?subaction=millar&PHPSESSID=c0ca240efac8435caf0eb0e1feea773a Journal of Jewish Studies] announcement of "History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ."