mills re-emerged from the shadow in 1755 as the translator of "the history of the roman emperors, from augustus to constantine". this work was originally written in 10 volumes by jean-baptiste louis crévier, who was professor of rhetoric in the collège de beauvais in paris. mills had translated from the french the first two volumes, when in 1755 a review of this work was published in "the monthly review of literary journal". the review introduced mills as the translator, with the following phrase: