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Professor Rohrbacher is the author of The Historians of Late Antiquity and articles on Roman imperial  history and literature
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David S. Rohrbacher

Associate Professor of Classics
M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington
B.A., Tufts University

Professor Rohrbacher teaches Latin at all levels and Classical Civilization in all periods. He is also active in the concentrations in Literature, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and Gender Studies. His scholarly interests include Latin literature, Roman history and historiography, and Late Antiquity.

He is the author of The Historians of Late Antiquity (Routledge 2002) and articles on Roman imperial  history and literature.

Recent Courses

The Ancient Novel: Pagan, Jewish, Christian
Elementary Latin II
Advanced Latin: Catullus, Poems

Selected Publications

(2002). The Historians of Late Antiquity. London and New York: Routledge.

(2005). Ammianus Marcellinus and Valerius Maximus. Ancient History Bulletin, 19(1-2), 20-30.

(2005). Iudaei Fetentes at Amm. Marc. 22.5.5. Mnemosyne, 58(3), 441-442.

(2005). Why Didn't Constantius II Eat Fruit? Classical Quarterly, 55(1), 323-326.

(2006). Jerome, an Early Reader of Ammianus Marcellinus. Latomus, 65(2), 422-424.

(2006). The Sources of the Lost Books of Ammianus Marcellinus. Historia, 55(1), 106-124.

(2007). Ammianus' Roman Digressions and the Audience of the Res Gestae. In J. Marincola (Ed.), Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography . London: Blackwell.

(forthcoming 2009) Enmann’s Kaisergeschichte from Augustus to Domitian, Latomus.

Contact Information

New College of Florida
Division of Humanities
5800 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243-2197

rohrbacher@ncf.edu
(941) 487-4213

Office Hours

Palmer Building E 120

Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00 to 9:50 am
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