Roman Masculinity and Politics from Republic to Empire

Charles Goldberg

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Routledge
29 January 2024

Regional studies; Classical history & classical civilisation; Cultural studies; Gender studies, gender groups

Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

"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.

In deliberations in the Senate, at social gatherings, and on military campaign, displays of consensus with other men greased the wheels of social discourse and built elite comradery. Through literary sources and inscriptions that offer censorious or affirmative appraisal of male behavior from the Middle and Late Republic (ca. 300–31 BCE) to the Principate or Early Empire (ca. 100 CE), this book shows how the vir bonus, or ""good man,"" the Roman persona of male aristocratic excellence, modulated imperatives for personal distinction and military and sexual violence with political cooperation and moral exemplarity. While the advent of one-man rule in the Empire transformed political power relations, ideals forged in the Republic adapted to the new climate and provided a coherent model of masculinity for emperor and senator alike. Scholars often paint a picture of Republic and Principate as distinct landscapes, but enduring ideals of male self-fashioning constitute an important continuity.

Roman Masculinity and Politics from Republic to Empire provides a fascinating insight into the intertwined nature of masculinity and political power for anyone interested in Roman political and social history, and those working on gender in the ancient world more broadly."

By: Charles Goldberg
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 9780367646950
ISBN 10: 0367646951
Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
Pages: 204
Publication Date: 29 January 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.