Dr Myles Lavan
Lecturer in Ancient History
Study abroad
Phone: 01334 462610
Room: C22
Research Interests
Roman society and culture, especially imperialism, slavery and patronage; Roman historiography; the theory and practice of cultural history.
Current research projects
I am in the process of completing a book (provisionally titled Slaves to Rome) on Roman conceptions of empire.
Publications
Slaves to Rome: Paradigms of Empire in Roman Culture
Lavan, M. P.
2013
Cambridge University Press
. (Cambridge Classical Studies).
Research output
:
Book/Report
›
Book
Slavishness in Britain and Rome in Tacitus’
Agricola
Lavan, M. P.
May-2011
In :
The Classical Quarterly
.
61
,
1
,
p. 294-305.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Slaves to Rome: The rhetoric of mastery in Titus’ speech to the Jews (
Bellum Judaicum
6.238-50)
Lavan, M. P.
2008
In :
Ramus: Critical Studies in Greek and Roman Literature
.
36
,
p. 25-38.
14 p.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
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Article
Eric Adler.
Valorizing the Barbarians: Enemy Speeches in Roman Historiography
. Austin 2011
Lavan, M. P.
13-Jan-2012
TLS, The Times Literary Supplement
Research output
:
Contribution to specialist publication
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Book/Film/Article review
Josaiah Osgood,
Claudius Caesar: Image and power in the early Roman empire
. Cambridge. 2010.
Lavan, M. P.
2012
Journal of Roman Studies, 102,
p. 319-20.
Research output
:
Contribution to specialist publication
›
Book/Film/Article review
Robin Nadeau,
Les manières de table dans le monde gréco-romain
. Rennes/Tours 2010
Lavan, M. P.
2012
Classical Review, 62, 1
Research output
:
Contribution to specialist publication
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Book/Film/Article review
Dylan Sailor.
Writing and empire in Tacitus
. Cambridge 2008
Lavan, M. P.
2011
Journal of Roman Studies, 101,
p. 296-7.
Research output
:
Contribution to specialist publication
›
Book/Film/Article review
Philp Parker.
The empire stops here
. London 2009
Lavan, M. P.
12-Jan-2010
TLS, The Times Literary Supplement
Research output
:
Contribution to specialist publication
›
Book/Film/Article review
Eric Gunderson.
Nox Philologiae: Aulus Gellius and the Fantasy of the Roman Library
. Madison Wis., 2009.
Lavan, M. P.
2010
Phoenix. Journal of the Classical Association of Canada, 64,
p. 451-3.
Research output
:
Contribution to specialist publication
›
Book/Film/Article review
Aron Sjöblad.
Metaphors Cicero Lived By
. Lund, 2009
Lavan, M. P.
2010
Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2010, 03.17
Research output
:
Contribution to specialist publication
›
Book/Film/Article review
Maurice Sartre.
Histoires Greques: Snapshots from Antiquity
. Harvard, 2009
Lavan, M. P.
1-May-2009
TLS, The Times Literary Supplement
Research output
:
Contribution to specialist publication
›
Book/Film/Article review
For further information on publications, please view my profile on the university's research portal.
Teaching
As well as contributing to various team-taught modules in Ancient History and Latin literature, I offer Honours modules on 'Ancient Empires', 'The culture of Roman imperialism', 'Death in Roman Culture' and 'Roman Slavery'.
Academic career
My first degree was a BA in Classics from Trinity College Dublin (1995-9). I then went astray for five years – studying international politics and economics at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service (1999-2001) and working as a management consultant with McKinsey & Co (2001-4). Eventually seeing the error of my ways, I returned to Classics and completed an MPhil and PhD at Cambridge (2004-8). Before coming to St Andrews in September 2010, I was a Research Fellow at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (2008-10)
