Prof Roger Rees
Head of the School of Classics
Professor
- Phone
- +44 (0)1334 46 2617
- rdr1@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Office
- S9
- Location
- Swallowgate
Research areas
The majority of my research focuses on the Latin Literature and Roman history, from the Late Republic (i.e. from Cicero) through to Late Antiquity (i.e. to the mid fifth century). This is, of course, a huge field, and my own particular interests are in panegyrical discourse (i.e. praise) throughout that period. A specific area of interest of mine is the XII Panegyrici Latin collection.
Occasional diversions have included writing a source/evaluation book on the Tetrarchic period and editing a collection of articles on the reception and representation of classical material in the poetry of Ted Hughes.
PhD supervision
- Xiyuan Meng
Selected publications
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From East to West in late antiquity: studies in honor of Jan Willem Drijvers
Lenski, N. (Editor), Rees, R. (Editor) & van Nijf, O. (Editor), 1 Jul 2024, Santo Spirito, Bari: Edipuglia. 323 p. (Munera; vol. 56)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Introduction
van Nijf, O., Lenski, N. & Rees, R., 1 Jul 2024, From East to West in late antiquity: studies in honor of Jan Willem Drijvers. Lenski, N., Rees, R. & van Nijf, O. (eds.). Santo Spirito, Bari: Edipuglia, p. 7-11 5 p. (Munera; vol. 56).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The love songs of Latin panegyric
Rees, R., 1 Jul 2024, From East to West in late antiquity: studies in honor of Jan Willem Drijvers. Lenski, N., Rees, R. & van Nijf, O. (eds.). Santo Spirito, Bari: Edipuglia, p. 269-280 12 p. (Munera; vol. 56).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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review of Massimo Lolli, Turpidinum notae. La caratterizzazione dell’usurpatore nei Panegyrici Latini tardoantichi (Schweizerische Beiträge zur Altertumswissenschaft 57, Schwabe 2023)
Rees, R., 20 Feb 2024, In: Sehepunkte.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
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A commentary on Panegyrici Latini II(12): an oration delivered by Pacatus Drepanius before the emperor Theodosius I in the senate at Rome AD 389
Rees, R., 1 Nov 2023, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 525 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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‘To bury Caesar’: the poetics and polemics of funerary oratory in Cassius Dio
Rees, R., 9 Mar 2023, Brill’s companion to Cassius Dio. Madsen, J. M. & Scott, A. G. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 406-426 21 p. (Brill's companions to classical studies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Anna-Lena Körfer: Kaiser Konstantin als Leser
Rees, R., Jul 2020, In: Sehepunkte.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
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[Not] Making faces. Prosopopeia in late antique panegyric
Rees, R. D., Feb 2020, Imperial Panegyric from Diocletian to Honorius. Ross, A. & Omissi, A. (eds.). Liverpool University Press, p. 41-65 24 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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26 entries for the Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
Rees, R., 22 Mar 2018, Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford: Oxford University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Panegyric
Rees, R. D., 2018, A Companion to Late Antique Literature. McGill, S. & Watts, E. (eds.). Wiley, p. 209-220 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter