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Roman masculinity and politics from Republic to Empire / Charles Goldberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldberg, Charles, author.
- Series:
- Routledge monographs in classical studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political participation--Rome.
- Political participation.
- Masculinity--Rome.
- Masculinity.
- Masculinity--Political aspects--Rome.
- Rome--Politics and government--265-30 B.C.
- Rome.
- Rome--Politics and government--30 B.C.-284 A.D.
- Rome (Empire).
- Politics and government.
- Rome--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Masculinity, individuality, and the persona p. 6
- 1 The Roman vir p. 13
- Power, aggression, and dominance p. 15
- Tyranny and the vir malus p. 19
- "Republican" masculinity p. 25
- 2 The old boys' club in the Middle Republic p. 35
- Early values: The convivial brotherhood p. 36
- Father knows best: imitatio patris p. 39
- The censor's task p. 42
- Militiae: The bad man abroad p. 43
- Militiae: The good man abroad p. 47
- Domi: The bad man at home p. 51
- Domi: The good man at home p. 53
- Competition from within: Electoral contexts p. 54
- Competition from below: The business class p. 55
- 3 Vir and populus in the Late Republic p. 67
- A changed political world p. 69
- Courting the populus p. 70
- Changes to training and education p. 75
- Cato and Caesar p. 78
- Popular apotheosis p. 81
- Vir divus: Pompey's command in the East p. 86
- 4 Decline and the imperial senate p. 97
- The motif of the decline of manliness p. 99
- Forging a moral consensus p. 103
- Imperial electioneering p. 108
- Competition in performative oratory and literature p. 111
- Oppositional stances p. 113
- Agricola's gloria through obsequium p. 122
- 5 Good emperors and good men p. 131
- Pliny's optimus princeps p. 133
- Tiberius in the SC de Cn. Pisone patre p. 138
- Imperial exemplarity p. 141
- Youth's alternative: Caligula and Nero p. 149.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 21, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9781003038566
- 1003038565
- 9781000298987
- 1000298981
- 9781000298994
- 100029899X
- 9781000299007
- 1000299007
- Publisher Number:
- 40030337155
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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