R. H. Rodgers

R. H. Rodgers
Born
Robert Howard Rodgers

1944 (age 79–80)
OccupationProfessor of classics
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of California at Berkeley
Thesis"Petri Diaconi Ortus et vita iustorum Cenobii Casinensis"
Academic work
DisciplineClassics
InstitutionsUniversity of Vermont
Notable works
  • Edited edition of Frontinus's De Aquaeductu Urbis Romae (2004)
  • Works by Palladius and Columella

Robert Howard Rodgers (born 1944) is an American philologist who is emeritus professor of classics at the University of Vermont. His edition of Frontinus's De Aquaeductu Urbis Romae on Roman aqueducts was the first detailed commentary on the work for almost 300 years. He has also produced notable editions of works on ancient agriculture by Palladius and Columella.

Reviewers have appreciated the thoroughness of his work, which he has combined with many bold emendations and conjectures in order to make texts with difficult and contested histories more coherent and readable. Some, however, have wished that he had done more to acknowledge alternative perspectives on Roman technical literature which would have added an extra layer of interest to his work.