This volume completes the three-volume collection of Fergus
Millar's essays, which, together with his books, transformed the
study of the Roman Empire by shifting the focus of inquiry onto the
broader Mediterranean world and beyond. The eighteen essays
presented here include Millar's classic contributions to our
understanding of the impact of Rome on the peoples, cultures, and
religions of the eastern Mediterranean, and the extent to which
Graeco-Roman culture acted as a vehicle for the self-expression of
the indigenous cultures. In an epilogue written to conclude the
collection, Millar argues for rethinking the focus of "ancient
history" itself and for considering the Levant and the eastern
Mediterranean from the first millennium B.C. to the Islamic
conquests a valid scholarly framework and an appropriate
educational syllabus for the study of antiquity. English
translations of extended ancient passages in Greek, Latin, and
Semitic languages in all the essays make Millar's most important
articles accessible for the first time to specialists and
nonspecialists alike.