Roman Manliness: Virtus and the Roman Republic (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521827881)

Recent studies of ancient Roman masculinities have concentrated on the private aspects of the subject, particularly sexuality, and have drawn conclusions from a narrow field of reference, usually rhetorical practice. In contrast, this book examines the public and the most important aspect of Roman masculinity: Manliness as represented by the concept of "virtus". Using traditional historical, philological, and archaeological analysis, combined with socio-linguistics and gender studies, it presents a comprehensive picture of how Roman manliness developed from the middle to the late Republic period.

Author: Myles McDonnell
ISBN-10: 0521827884
ISBN-13: 9780521827881
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/03/2006
Pages: 504
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.30d