Newcastle University

Introduction

MA(Oxon), D. Phil.
Degree Programme Director for:
MLitt, MPhil, PhD in: Classics, Ancient History

Rowland Smith read Classics, Ancient History and Philosophy as an undergraduate and took his D.Phil in Ancient History. He was a Research Fellow in Ancient History and Religion at Oriel College Oxford and held a College Lectureship in Greek and Roman History at Oxford before moving to Newcastle University in 1992.

Main teaching: Roman Imperial history [Roman Empire and Late Empire]and the reception of Roman antiquity.

Main research interests: social and cultural history in the High and Late Roman Empire; late paganism and Neoplatonism; pagan-Christian relations

• Smith R. Minucius Felix, Octavius (introduction, text, translation and commentary). Oxford University Press, 2012. In Preparation.
• Smith R. The Caesars of Julian the Apostate in Translation and Reception, 1580-ca.1800. In: Tougher, S., Noel-Baker, N, ed. Emperor and Author: the Writings of Julian the Apostate. Cardiff: University Press of Wales, 2012, pp.281-321. In Press.