1st Edition
Roman Masculinity and Politics from Republic to Empire
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
Biography
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.
