Preface ixpublished in learned journals or books, each of which had its own house
style. Some learned journals also have changed their house styles over the
time that Millar has published in them. For these reasons we have not at-
temptedtobringallofthecitationsinthetextsornotesofthearticlesin
thecollectionintoperfectstylisticconformity.Conformityforthesakeof
conformity makes no sense; moreover, to achieve such conformity would
delaypublicationofthecollectionforyears.
Rather, the stylistic goal of our collection has been to inform readers
clearlyandconsistentlywheretheycanfindthesourcescitedbyMillarinhis
essays.Tohelpachievethatgoalwehaveincludedalistoffrequentlycited
works(withabbreviationsforthoseworks)atthebeginningofeachvolume.
Thus, in the text or notes of the essays, readers will find abbreviations for
frequentlycited journals or books,which are fullycited in our lists at the
beginningofeachvolume.Forexample,referencesinthenotestotheabbre-
viationJRSrefertotheJournal of Roman Studies.Fortheabbreviationsthem-
selveswehavereliedonthestandardlistprovidedinL’Année Philologique.In
certaincases,wheretherehavebeenindividualcitationsintheoriginaltexts
ornotestomoreobscurecollectionsofinscriptionsorpapyri,wehaveex-
pandedthecitationsthemselvesinsitu,ratherthanendlesslyexpandingour
listoffrequentlycitedworks.
InaccordancewithProfessorMillar’swishes,forthesakeofreaderswho
donotknowLatinorGreek,wehaveprovidedEnglishtranslationsofmost
oftheextendedGreekandLatinpassagesandsomeofthetechnicalterms
citedbyMillarinthetextandnotesoftheoriginalessays.Indoingso,we
havefollowedthepracticeProfessorMillarhimselfadoptedinThe Emperor
in the Roman Worldin.Webelievethatprovidingthesetranslationswill
help to make Millar’s essays morewidelyaccessible,which is the essential
goalofthecollection.ReaderswhowishtoconsulttheoriginalGreekand
Latinpassagesortechnicaltermswhichwehavetranslatedinthecollection
canlookupthosepassagesortechnicaltermsintheoriginal,publishedver-
sionsoftheessays.
Theeditorswouldliketothankthemanyfriendsandcolleagueswhohave
helped us in the process of collecting these essays and preparing them for
publication.WeareindebtedfirstofalltoLewisBateman,formerlysenior
editorattheUniversityofNorthCarolinaPress,whosuggestedthebasicar-
rangement of the essays into threevolumes.We are also grateful to David
Perry,editor-in-chief,andPamelaUpton,assistantmanagingeditoratthe
UniversityofNorthCarolinaPress,fortheirflexibility,advice,andsupport
oftheproject.
GabrielaCerra,AsaphBenTov,TamarHerzig,MashaChormy,OriShapir,