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Dr Roger Rees

Reader in Latin
Latin Programme Convener, MLitt Programme Convener

rdr1@st-andrews.ac.uk

Phone: 01334 462685

Room: S1

Research profile

Research Interests

I am interested in praise discourse in the Roman world. I run a collaborative commentary project on a collection of 12 Latin speeches of praise (the XII Panegyrici Latini), with Professor Bruce Gibson of Liverpool University; my own focus is on a speech to the emperor Theodosius, delivered in 389CE by Pacatus. I am also (slowly!) writing a monograph on Roman praise, from the late Republic to the fifth century.

Publications

Pliny the Younger in Late Antiquity.: Arethusa Special edition
Rees, R. & Gibson, B. J. 2013 Johns Hopkins University Press .
Research output : Book/Report Book

Latin Panegyric
Rees, R. 2012 Oxford University Press .
Research output : Book/Report Book

Ted Hughes and the Classics
Rees, R. (ed.) 2009 Oxford University Press . 348 p. (Classical Presences).
Research output : Book/Report Book

Diocletian and the Tetrarchy
Rees, R. 2004 Edinburgh University Press . 219 p.
Research output : Book/Report Book

Romane Memento: Vergil in the Fourth Century
Rees, R. 2004 Duckworth . 238 p.
Research output : Book/Report Book

Layers of Loyalty in Latin Panegyric: AD 289-307
Rees, R. 2002 Oxford University Press . 237 p.
Research output : Book/Report Book

 

‘The look of the Late Antique Emperor and the art of praise’
Rees, R. & H. Lovatt and C. Vout 2013 In: The Epic Gaze. Cambridge University Press
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

The lousy reputation of Piso
Rees, R. 2013 In: The Julio-Claudian succession: reality and perception of the Augustan model. Gibson, A. G. G. (ed.). Leiden: Brill , Vol. 349 , p. 95-106. 11 p.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

Introduction: the later Pliny the Younger
Rees, R. & Gibson, B. J. 2013 In: Pliny the Younger in Late Antiquity. Arethusa Special edition. Gibson, B. J. & Rees, R. D. (eds.).
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

Pacatus the poet doing Plinian Prose
Rees, R. 2013 In: Pliny the Younger in Late Antiquity. Arethusa Special Edition. Gibson, B. J. & Rees, R. D. (eds.).
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

Tetrarchy
Rees, R. Nov-2012 In: Blackwells Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Wiley-Blackwell
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

Bright lights, big city. Rome and the Panegyrici Latini
Rees, R. Jun-2012 In: Two Romes. From Rome to Constantinople.. Kelly, G. & Grig, L. (eds.). Oxford University Press , p. 203-22. 19 p.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

The Panegyrici Latini since 1870
Rees, R. 2012 In: Latin Panegyric. Rees, R. D. (ed.). Oxford University Press , p. 3-48.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

Nailing down the poet: Ausonius’ Cupid Crucified
Rees, R. Jun-2011 In: Ratio et res ipsa: Classical essays presented by former pupils to James Diggle on his retirement. Millett, P., Oakley, S. P. & Thompson, R. J. E. (eds.). Oxbow Books , p. 135-50. 16 p. (Cambridge Classical Journal. Supplementary Volume).
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

The whole truth? laudationes in the courtroom
Rees, R. Jun-2011 In: Praise and Blame in Roman Republican Rhetoric. Smith, C. J. & Covino, R. (eds.). Swansea, p. 83-98. 15 p.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

Afterwords of praise
Rees, R. Mar-2011 In: Pliny’s Praise. The Panegyricus in the Roman World . Roche, P. (ed.). Cambridge University Press , p. 175-88.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

Form and function of narrative in Roman panegyrical oratory
Rees, R. 2010 In: Form and Function in Roman Oratory. Berry, D. & Erskine, A. (eds.). p. 105-121.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

Between Monarchy and Democracy. Neo-classicism and the laureate poetry of Ted Hughes
Rees, R. 2009 In: in 'Ted Hughes and the Classics'. p. 134-156.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

Lactantius and the body of the church
Rees, R. 2009 In: Diocletian, Tetrarchy and Diocletian’s Palace on the 1700th Anniversary of Existence. Cambj, N. (ed.). Knjizevni Krug , p. 529-539.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

Diocletian and the efficacy of Public Law
Rees, R. 2007 In: Beyond Dogmatics: Law and Society in the Roman World. Cairns, J. W. & Du Plessis, P. (eds.). Edinburgh University Press , p. 105-121.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

Letters of recommendation and the rhetoric of praise
Rees, R. 2007 In: Ancient Letters. Classical and Late Antique Epistolography. Morello, R. & Morrison, A. D. (eds.). Oxford University Press , p. 149-168.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

Panegyric
Rees, R. 2007 In: A Companion to Roman Rhetoric. Dominik, W. & Hall, J. (eds.). Blackwells , p. 136-148.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

The Emperors’ new names: Diocletian Jovius and Maximian Herculius
Rees, R. 2005 In: Herakles and Hercules. Exploring a Graeco-Roman Divinity. Rawlings, L. & Bowden, H. (eds.). Classical Press of Wales , p. 223-239.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

Introduction
Rees, R. 2004 In: Romane memento; Vergil in the Fourth Century. Rees, R. D. (ed.). p. 1-16.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

Praising in prose: Vergil in the panegyrics
Rees, R. 2004 In: in R.D. Rees (ed.) Romane memento; Vergil in the Fourth Century. p. 33-46.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

Talking to the Tetrarchs: The Dynamics of Vocative Address
Rees, R. 2003 In: Collection Latomus: Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History XI. Deroux, C. (ed.). Editions Latomus , p. 447-492.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

Ammianus Satiricus
Rees, R. 1999 In: The Late Roman World and its Historian: Interpreting Ammianus Marcellinus. Drijvers, J. W. & Hunt, D. (eds.). Routledge , p. 141-155.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

The private lives of public figures in Latin prose panegyric
Rees, R. 1998 In: The Propaganda of Power: the Role of Panegyric in Late Antiquity (Mnemosyne Supplement 183, Leiden 1998). Whitby, M. (ed.). Brill , p. 77-101.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter

 

Words of Praise
Rees, R. Dec-2010 In : Millennium - Jahrbuch . 7 , p. 9-28.
Research output : Contribution to journal Article

The rhetoric and poetics of praise in the Laudes Domini
Rees, R. 2010 In : Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica . 95 , p. 71-84. 13 p.
Research output : Contribution to journal Article

To Be and Not To Be: Pliny's Paradoxical Trajan
Rees, R. Jan-2001 In : Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies . 45 , 1 , p. 149-168.
Research output : Contribution to journal Article

Revisiting Evander at Aeneid 8.363
Rees, R. Dec-1996 In : The Classical Quarterly . 46 , 2 , p. 583-586. 4 p.
Research output : Contribution to journal Article

Common sense in Catullus 64
Rees, R. 1994 In : American Journal of Philology . 115 , p. 75-88. 9 p.
Research output : Contribution to journal Article

Images and image: a re-examination of Tetrarchic iconography
Rees, R. Oct-1993 In : Greece and Rome . 40 , p. 181-200. 20 p.
Research output : Contribution to journal Article

 

Review of Ruth Webb, 'Ekphrasis, Imagination and Persuasion'
Rees, R. 2012 In : Hermathena . 187 , p. 139-41. 2 p.
Research output : Contribution to journal Book/Film/Article review

Review of Jon Hall, 'Politeness and Politics in Cicero's Letters'
Rees, R. 2011 In : Classical Bulletin .
Research output : Contribution to journal Book/Film/Article review

Brill's New Pauly. Supplements I. Chronologies of the Ancient World: Names, Dates and Dynasties
Rees, R. Oct-2009 In : Classical Review . 59 , 2 , p. 606-610. 5 p.
Research output : Contribution to journal Book/Film/Article review

Christian Ronning, Herrscherpanegyrik unter Trajan und Konstantin
Rees, R. 2009 In : Journal of Roman Studies . 99 , p. 297-298.
Research output : Contribution to journal Book/Film/Article review

Review of Scourfield, J.H.D. (ed.) Texts and Culture in Late Antiquity (Swansea 2007)
Rees, R. 2008 In : Vergilius . 54 , p. 196-201. 5 p.
Research output : Contribution to journal Book/Film/Article review

Claudio Mamertino. Eulogy (Gratiarum actio) and Emperor Julian
Rees, R. 2008 In : Classical Review . 58 , p. 306-307. 2 p.
Research output : Contribution to journal Book/Film/Article review

Review of Kuhoff 'Diokletian und die Epoche der Tetrarchie' and Demandt et al (eds.) 'Diokletian und die Tetrarchie'
Rees, R. 2006 In : Classical Review . 56 , p. 446-8.
Research output : Contribution to journal Book/Film/Article review

Review of Peter Green 'The Poems of Catullus'
Rees, R. 2006 In : Classical Bulletin . 82 , p. 144-6.
Research output : Contribution to journal Book/Film/Article review

Review of Scott McGill's 'Vergil Recomposed'
Rees, R. 2006 In : Vergilius . 52 , p. 197-200.
Research output : Contribution to journal Book/Film/Article review

Review of J.N. Adams 'Bilingualism and the Latin Language'
Rees, R. 13-Feb-2004 In : Times Higher Education Supplement . p. 28-9.
Research output : Contribution to journal Book/Film/Article review

Poetry for Patrons. By R.R. Nauta
Rees, R. 2003 In : Journal of Roman Studies . 93 , p. 388-389.
Research output : Contribution to journal Book/Film/Article review

Review of Hagg and Rousseau (eds) 'Greek Biography and Panegyric in Late Antiquity'
Rees, R. 2003 In : Hermathena . 174 , p. 256-64.
Research output : Contribution to journal Book/Film/Article review

Ethnicity and Culture in Late Antiquity. Edited by S. Mitchell and G. Greatrex
Rees, R. 2002 In : Journal of Roman Studies . 92 , p. 260-261.
Research output : Contribution to journal Book/Film/Article review

Review of J. Huskinson (ed) 'Experiencing Rome'
Rees, R. 2001 In : Classical Review . 51 , p. 120-22.
Research output : Contribution to journal Book/Film/Article review

Review of Bauman 'Human Rights in Ancient Rome'
Rees, R. 2001 In : Classical Review . 51 , p. 79-81.
Research output : Contribution to journal Book/Film/Article review

Review of Simon Corcoran's 'The Empire of the Tetrarchs'
Rees, R. 2001 In : Hermathena . 170 , p. 107-9.
Research output : Contribution to journal Book/Film/Article review

Review of D.R. Slavitt 'Ausonius. Three Amusements'
Rees, R. 2000 In : Classical Review . 50 , p. 303.
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Review of Muller 'Eutropii Breviarium' and Ratti 'Les Empereurs romains d'Auguste a Diocletian dans le Breviare d'Eutrope'
Rees, R. 1998 In : Classical Review . 48 , p. 65-7.
Research output : Contribution to journal Book/Film/Article review

Review of Adrian Higham's 'Diocletian: the tale of a singular man'
Rees, R. 1998 In : Classics Ireland . 5 , p. 153-7.
Research output : Contribution to journal Book/Film/Article review

Apollinaris Sidonius, 'Carm. 22': 'Burgus Pontius Leontius'.
Rees, R. 1998 In : Classical Review . 48 , p. 497-497. 1 p.
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D.M. Ausonius, 'Parentalia', Introduction, text, translation and commentary.
Rees, R. 1998 In : Classical Review . 48 , p. 496-497. 2 p.
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The 'Oxford Classical Dictionary': Third-edition.
Rees, R. 1998 In : Classical Review . 48 , p. 461-463. 3 p.
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Libanios und Julian/ H.-U. Wiemer
Rees, R. 1997 In : Journal of Roman Studies . 87 , p. 310-310.
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Academic career

My Classics degree is from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (1987-90) and my PhD from St. Andrews (1994-7).

I was a schoolteacher from 1990-4. I held lectureships in Classics at Newcastle (1997), St Andrews (1998), Trinity College Dublin (1998-9) and Edinburgh (1999-2006) and was appointed Reader in Latin at St Andrews in September 2006.

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