Fergus Millar, of course, comes close to concluding the Roman Republic should be understood as a democracy, though obviously one must note the substantial pushback on that argument - though it mostly stops short of proposing a 'hard' exclusionary oligarchy (e.g. Mouristen).
Fergus Millar once told me Ted was his brightest pupil. I have fond memories of convincing him to do a reading course with me on Pliny the Elder's Natural History. I learned a ton from him, especially Roman law. Fond farewell teacher and friend.
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux
I wonder if one can dedicate bsky threads to people. If so, this is of course dedicated to Fergus Millar (1935-2019).
And of course, one has to quote the famous review Millar wrote of Hopkins on Rom social history.
White trash Nazis sig heiling on the lawn of the White House was the logical endpoint of this circus
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(as the great Sir Fergus Millar used to note, better evidence for actual spoken ancient Greek than basically anywhere else but Greek historians would literally rather rely on like, Italian graffiti...!)
