This volume explores the role that republican political participation played in forging elite Roman masculinity. It situates familiarly "manly" traits like militarism, aggressive sexuality, and the pursuit of power within a political system based on power sharing and cooperation.
This volume explores the role that republican political participation played in forging elite Roman masculinity. It situates familiarly "manly" traits like militarism, aggressive sexuality, and the pursuit of power within a political system based on power sharing and cooperation.
Charles Goldberg is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Bethel University, USA. He studies Greek and Roman political culture, and has published on the history of gender, imperialism, and religion.
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List of figures Preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction Masculinity, individuality, and the persona Chapter outline Chapter One: The Roman Vir Power, aggression, and dominance Tyranny and the vir malus "Republican" masculinity Conclusion Chapter Two: The Old Boys' Club in the Middle Republic Early values: the convivial brotherhood Father knows best: imitatio patris The censor's task Militiae: the bad man abroad Militiae: the good man abroad Domi: the bad man at home Domi: the good man at home Competition from within: electoral contexts Competition from below: the business class Conclusion Chapter Three: Vir and Populus in the Late Republic A changed political world Courting the populus Changes to training and education Cato and Caesar Popular apotheosis Vir divus: Pompey's command in the East Conclusion Chapter Four: Decline and the Imperial Senate The motif of the decline of manliness Forging a moral consensus Imperial electioneering Competition in performative oratory and literature Oppositional stances Agricola's gloria through obsequium Chapter Five: Good Emperors and Good Men Pliny's optimus princeps Tiberius in the SC de Cn. Pisone Patre Imperial exemplarity Youth's alternative: Caligula and Nero Epilogue Bibliography
List of figures Preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction Masculinity, individuality, and the persona Chapter outline Chapter One: The Roman Vir Power, aggression, and dominance Tyranny and the vir malus "Republican" masculinity Conclusion Chapter Two: The Old Boys' Club in the Middle Republic Early values: the convivial brotherhood Father knows best: imitatio patris The censor's task Militiae: the bad man abroad Militiae: the good man abroad Domi: the bad man at home Domi: the good man at home Competition from within: electoral contexts Competition from below: the business class Conclusion Chapter Three: Vir and Populus in the Late Republic A changed political world Courting the populus Changes to training and education Cato and Caesar Popular apotheosis Vir divus: Pompey's command in the East Conclusion Chapter Four: Decline and the Imperial Senate The motif of the decline of manliness Forging a moral consensus Imperial electioneering Competition in performative oratory and literature Oppositional stances Agricola's gloria through obsequium Chapter Five: Good Emperors and Good Men Pliny's optimus princeps Tiberius in the SC de Cn. Pisone Patre Imperial exemplarity Youth's alternative: Caligula and Nero Epilogue Bibliography
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