Millar F. The Roman Republic in political thought

London: University Press of New England, 2002. — 220 p.
ISBN: 1-58465-198-9 (cloth: alk. paper) – ISBN: 1-58465-199-7 (pbk.: alk. paper).
It is a fact that the very long-lived Roman Republic has consistently played a surprisingly slight role in political theory and discussions about the nature of democracy, forms of government, and other matters, particularly when compared to the enormous attention paid to fifth-century BCE Athenian democracy. Fergus Millar re-opens the issue of how the Roman Republic was understood and used by political thinkers from the Ancient World to the present. In brief, clear prose, with quotations in English of important works, and economical use of endnotes, he reinforces his unconventional thesis about the significance of direct democracy in the Late Roman Republic. In the process, he provides an unprecedented tour through 2000 years of Westen political theory, theories of direct democracy, and the balance of power, from the point of view of the Roman Republic.Foreword by Joseph Geiger.Greek Observers: Aristotle, Polybius, and After.
Looking Back on the Republic: The Empire, the Middle Ages, Machiavelli.
Three Views from Seventeenth-Century England.
From Restoration to Revolution: England, France, and America.
Some Contemporary Approaches.
Cicero’s Rome: What Aristotle Might Have Thought.Index of Passages Quoted.